17 Amendments of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2016/0230(COD)
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) On 10 June 2016 the Commission presented the proposal for the EU to ratify the Paris agreementThe Council ratified the Paris Agreement on 5 October 2016, following the consent given by the European Parliament on 4 October 2016. The Paris Agreement entered into force on 4 November that year and has the explicit aim to keep the increase in global temperature to well below 2°C above pre- industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to no more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in a manner that does not threaten food production and food security in the EU and in the world. This legislative proposal forms part of the implementation of the Union's commitment to economy- wide emission reductions as confirmed in the intended nationally determined reduction commitment of the Union and its Member States submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ('UNFCCC') on 6 March 2015. 10 __________________ 10 http://www4.unfccc.int/submissions/indc/S ubmission%20Pages/submissions.aspx
Amendment 18 #
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. It also aims to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and to foster climate resilience and minimised greenhouse gas emissions in a manner that does not threaten sustainable industry and the further development of local food production. 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.
Amendment 31 #
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 and development of food production in the EU, 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.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) In order to optimise exploitation of the LULUCF sector’s potential for mitigating and, where relevant, reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the EU, it is essential to give support to and apply advanced technology in relation to precision agriculture, precision forestry, agri-digitalisation and monitoring via geoinformation and earth observation;
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The LULUCF sector can contribute to climate change mitigation in several ways, in particular by reducing emissions, and maintaining and enhancing sinks and carbon stocksitself is highly exposed to the consequences of global climate change. However, this sensitive sector also has the capacity to make an important contribution to the achievement of the EU’s climate and sustainability goals. The LULUCF sector can contribute to climate change mitigation in several ways, in particular by reducing emissions, and maintaining and enhancing sinks and carbon stocks. The bio-based economy and the bioenergy sector are essential elements in the EU’s progress towards a greener, low-fossil economy which where possible eliminates fossil CO2 emissions and prevents carbon leakage. In order for measures aiming in particular at increasing carbon sequestration to be effective, the long-term stability and adaptability of carbon pools is essential.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The specific application of the Ninth Framework Programme (FP9), the EU’s research and innovation programme, in the LULUCF sector for the period 2021-2028, could considerably increase the sector’s contribution to combating climate change, in particular by acquiring more economic and scientific knowledge with a view to improving the performance of the sector, by boosting sustainable innovation, fostering a rapid transition to the digital era, modernising training and education, and strengthening the resilience of the LULUCF sector against global climate change.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Common agricultural policy measures and national policies have an impact on the emissions profile of cropland, grassland and wetlands. With regard to the base period for the land accounting categories provided for in this Regulation, the calculation should take into account the agri-environmental measures implemented by the Member States during this period.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) WThen the Commission chooses to be assisted by an expert review team in accordance with Commission Decision (C(2016)3301) in the review of national forestry accounting plans, it should procedure for setting the forest reference level by the Member States should be transparent and aligned with the requirements for sustainable forest management of Forest Europe (Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe)1a . The Commission should assist the Member States by building on the good practice and experience of the expert reviews under the UNFCCC, including as regards participation of national experts and recommendations, and select a sufficient number of experts from the Member States. In this context, it is appropriate for the Commission to provide technical assistance on the verification of compliance with the criteria set out in Annex IV, following the consultation of the Standing Forestry Committee established by Council Decision 89/367/EEC1b. __________________ 1aForest Europe - Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe: http://www.foresteurope.org/. 1bCouncil Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 setting up a Standing Forestry Committee (OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 14).
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The Commission and Member States must jointly ensure a continued high degree of security of supply, import and availability for timber and timber products in all EU Member States.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Depending on national preferences, Member States should be able to choose adequate national policies for achieving their commitments in LULUCF, including the possibility of compensating emissions from one land category by removals from another land category. They should also be able to cumulate net removals over the period 2021-2030. Trading among Member States should continue as an additional option to help compliance. Following the practice in the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, there should also be a possibility for a Member State to use its overachievement under Regulation [] on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 for a resilient Energy Union and to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement 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 in order to ensure its compliance with its commitment under this Regulationwhile guaranteeing a clear distinction between emissions and removals of fossil and biogenic greenhouse gases. Therefore the annual net removals from deforested land, afforested land, managed forest land, managed cropland and managed grassland should be limited to agriculture.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) To facilitate data collection and methodology improvement, land use should be carefully inventoried and reported using geographical tracking of each land area, corresponding to national and EU data collection systems. The best use shall be made of existing Union and Member State programmes and surveys including the LUCAS Land Use Cover Area frame Survey and, the European Earth observation programme Copernicus and the European satellite navigation systems Galileo and EGNOS for data collection. Data management, including sharing for the reporting reuse and dissemination should conform to Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall account for emissions and removals resulting from managed cropland calculated as emissions and removals in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030 minus the value obtained by multiplying by five the Member State’s average annual emissions and removals resulting from managed cropland in its base period 2005-2007. Member States may offset agri- environmental measures implemented during the base period.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall account for emissions and removals resulting from managed grassland calculated as emissions and removals in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030 minus the value obtained by multiplying by five the Member State’s average annual emissions and removals resulting from managed grassland in its base period 2005-2007. Member States may offset agri- environmental measures implemented during the base period.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where agri-environmental measures are included in the base period 2005-2007 as referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States may incorporate measures such as, – climate change provisions and climate protection, – promotion of biological and genetic diversity, – promotion of soil fertility, and – water protection measures.
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. To the extent that total removals exceed emissions in a Member State 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, that Member State may transfer the whole of the remaining quantity to another Member State. The transferred quantity shall be taken into account when assessing the receiving Member State's compliance with its commitment pursuant to Article 4.
Amendment 255 #
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 whole of the remaining quantity to the period 2026-2030.
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point e
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) Reference levels should take into account the objective of contributing to the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources for production of both energy and other fossil-based material substitution purposes, as set out in the EU Forest Strategy, Member States' national forest programmes and policies, and the EUnion's Bioeconomy and Biodiversity Strategy;