13 Amendments of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2016/0231(COD)
Amendment 38 #
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 agreement. This legislative proposal forms part of the implementation of the EU's commitment in the Paris agreement which aims at strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change by holding the increase in global average temperatures to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C above pre-industrial levels, and to foster low greenhouse gas emissions development in a manner that does not threaten food production either at Union or Member State level. The Union's commitment to economy-wide emission reductions was confirmed in the intended nationally determined contribution of the Union and its Member States that was submitted to the Secretariat of the UNFCCC on 6 March 2015.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) The Paris Agreement requires Parties to take action to conserve and enhance, as appropriate, sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases, including forests.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The approach of annually binding national limits taken in Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council19 should be continued from 2021 to 2030, with the start of the trajectory calculation in 20201 on the average of the greenhouse gas emissions during 2016 to 2018 and the end of the trajectory being the 2030 limit for each Member State. An adjustment to the allocation in 2021 is provided for Member States with both a positive limit under Decision 406/2009/EC and increasing annual emission allocations between 2017 and 2020 determined pursuant to Decisions 2013/162/EU and 2013/634/EU, to reflect the capacity for increased emissions in those years. The European Council concluded that the availability and use of existing flexibility instruments within the non-ETS sectors should be significantly enhanced in order to ensure cost- effectiveness of the collective Union effort and convergence of emissions per capita by 2030. _________________ 19 Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 136).
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Regulation [ ] [on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework] lays down accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals relating to land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF). While the environmental outcome under this Regulation in terms of the levels of greenhouse gas emission reductions that are made is affected by taking into account a quantity up to the sum of total net removals and total net emissions from deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and managed grassland as defined in Regulation [ ], flexibility for a maximum quantity of 280336 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent of these removals divided among Member States according to the figures in Annex III should be included as an additional possibility for Member States to meet their commitments when needed. Where the delegated act to update the forest reference levels based on the national forestry accounting plans pursuant to Article 8 (6) of Regulation [LULUCF] is adopted, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of Article 7 to reflect a contribution of the accounting category managed forest land in the flexibility provided by that Article. Before adopting such a delegated act, the Commission should evaluate the robustness of accounting for managed forest land based on available data, and in particular the consistency of projected and actual harvesting rates. In addition, the possibility to voluntarily delete annual emission allocation units should be allowed under this Regulation in order to allow for such amounts to be taken into account when assessing Member States' compliance with requirements under Regulation [ ].
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States that may have a limited cancellation of up to a maximum of 1200 million EU ETS allowances as defined in Article 3(a) of Directive 2003/87/EC collectively taken into account for their compliance under this Regulation are listed in Annex II to this Regulation.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. A number of allowances equal to the difference between the maximum of 200 million EU ETS allowances allocated pursuant to Article 6 (1) as flexibility for Member States listed in Annex II, and the actual number of such allowances notified by Member States listed in Annex II in accordance with Article 6 (2) by 31 December 2019 for compliance with this Regulation, shall as of 1 January 2020 be made available for all Member States’ compliance under this Regulation through the establishment of an additional flexibility mechanism for certified climate efficient farmers. The Commission is empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 12 in order to supplement this Regulation by setting out the structure of this mechanism by 31 December 2019.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Subject to the flexibilities provided for in Articles 5, 6 and 7, to the adjustment pursuant to Article 10(2) and taking into account any deduction resulting from the application of Article 7 of Decision No 406/2009/EC, each Member State shall ensure that its greenhouse gas emissions in each year between 2021 and 2029 do not exceed the level defined by a linear trajectory, starting in 20201 on the average of its greenhouse gas emissions during 2016, 2017 and 2018 determined pursuant to paragraph 3 and ending in 2030 on the limit set for that Member State in Annex I to this Regulation.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. This implementing act shall also specify, based on the percentages notified by Member States under Article 6(2), the quantities that may be taken into account for their compliance under Article 9 between 2021 and 2030. If the sum of all Member States' quantities were to exceed the collective total of 1200 million, the quantities for each Member State shall be reduced on a pro rata basis so that the collective total is not exceeded.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall be able to use credits from projects issued pursuant to Article 24a (1) of Directive 2003/87/EC for compliance under Article 9, without any quantitative limit whatsoever and while avoiding double-counting. Member States shall provide economic and fiscal incentives to private-private and public- private partnerships established for those projects as well as to households, decentralised public bodies, enterprises, estates and the private sector in general, in order to increase their participation.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States that may have a limited cancellation of up to a maximum of 1200 million EU ETS allowances as defined in Article 3(a) of Directive 2003/87/EC collectively taken into account for their compliance under this Regulation are listed in Annex II to this Regulation.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. A number of allowances equal to the difference between the maximum of 200 million EU ETS allowances allocated in Article 6 (1) as flexibility for Member States listed in Annex II, and the actual number of such allowances notified by Member States listed in Annex II in accordance with Article 6 (2) by 31 December 2019 for compliance with this Regulation, shall as of 1 January 2020 be made available for all Member States' compliance under this Regulation through the establishment of an additional flexibility mechanism for certified climate efficient farmers. The Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 12 in order to supplement this Directive by setting out the structure of this mechanism by 31 December 2019.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title
Article 7 – title
Additional use of up to 280336 million net removals from deforested land, afforested land, managed cropland and managed grassland
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 28 Februaryno later than one year following the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement in 20243 and every five 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 may its ambition relative to that of the other Parties to the Paris Agreement, and shall make proposals if appropriate.