14 Amendments of Johan VAN OVERTVELDT related to 2021/0223(COD)
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital -1 (new)
Recital -1 (new)
(-1) It is unfortunate that to date the Commission has failed to produce a comprehensive overall impact assessment for the entire "Fit for 55"-package, elaborating on its cumulative and combined effects. This is problematic since the overall impact of the package on social costs and their distribution, competitiveness, jobs, carbon and business leakage remains unclear. The absence of this overall assessment equally impedes a clear view of synergies and interdependencies between the various proposals of the "Fit for 55"-package. Moreover, the "Fit for 55"-package should also be aligned with more recent climate proposals.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) There is a clear need for alignment between various proposals of the "Fit for 55"-package to ensure overall coherence and synergies, in particular for the demand, supply and support of shore- side electricity.
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Shore-side electricity facilities can serve maritime and inland waterway transport as clean power supply and contribute to reducing the environmental impact of seagoing ships and inland waterway vessels, mainly at berth in ports. Under the FuelEU maritime initiative, ship operators of container and passenger ships need to comply with provisions to reduce emissions at berth. Mandatory deployment targets should ensure that the sector finds sufficient shore-side electricity supply in TEN-T core and comprehensive maritime ports to comply with those requirements. The application of these targets to all TEN- T maritime ports should ensure the level playing field between ports.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 a (new)
Recital 32 a (new)
(32 a) Maritime ports are very divers (in terms of size, traffic segments served, governance and geographical location). This has to be taken into account in the deployment and supply of shore-side electricity and may lead to different divisions of responsibility in this regard.
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 b (new)
Recital 32 b (new)
(32 b) Deploying shore-side electricity entails high costs. Therefore, investments have to be prioritised based on potential emission reduction, economic viability and grid capacity.
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) These targets should take into account the types of vessels served and their respective traffic volumes. Maritime portterminals with low traffic volumes of certain ship categories, should be exempted from the mandatory requirements for the corresponding ship categories based on a minimum level of traffic volume per terminal, so as to avoid underused capacity being installed. Similarly, the mandatory targets for each terminal should not aim to target maximum demand, but a sufficiently high volume, in order to avoid underused capacity for certain ship categories and to take account of port operational characteristics. Maritime transport is an important link for the cohesion and economic development of islands in the Union. Energy production capacity in these islands may not always be sufficient to account for the power demand required to support the provision of shore- side electricity supply. In such a case islands should be exempted from this requirement unless and until such an electrical connection with the mainland has been completed or there is a sufficient locally generated capacity from clean energy sources.
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35 a) The development and deployment of renewable and low-carbon maritime fuels and broader energy solutions for the maritime sector will require time, research and significant financing. Therefore, it is premature to already set ammonia and hydrogen infrastructure requirements in ports. Stresses in this regard the importance of dialogue with all actors in the value chain in order to better understand the needs and possibilities.
Amendment 817 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that a minimumn adequate shore-side electricity supply for seagoing container and passenger ships is provided in maritime ports. To that end, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that by 1 January 2030 in TEN-T core and comprehensive maritime ports:
Amendment 826 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) TEN-T core and TEN-T comprehensive maritime portterminals whose average annual number of port calls over the last three years by seagoing container ships above 5000 gross tonnes, in the previous three years, is above 50 have sufficient shore-side power output to meet at leastprovide shore-side electricity for 90% of that demandese calls;
Amendment 836 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) TEN-T core and TEN-T comprehensive maritime portterminals whose average annual number of port calls over the last three years by seagoing ro-ro passenger ships and high-speed passenger craft above 5000 gross tonnes, in the previous three years, is above 40 have sufficient shore-side power output to satisfy at leastprovide shore-side electricity for 90% of that demandese calls;
Amendment 844 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) TEN-T core and TEN-T comprehensive maritime portterminals whose average annual number of port calls over the last three years by passenger ships other than ro-ro passenger ships and high- speed passenger craft above 5000 gross tonnes, in the previous three years, is above 25 have sufficient shore-side power output to meet at leastprovide shore-side electricity for 90% of that demande calls.
Amendment 851 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For the determination of the number of port calls at terminals in accordance with Article 9(1) the following port calls shall not be taken into account:
Amendment 865 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) port calls at a terminal by ships that use zero- emission technologies, as specified in Annex III of the proposal for a Regulation COM(2021)562;
Amendment 1143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
This Regulation shall enter into force after and based on an overall in-depth impact assessment of the Commission, analysing the combined and cumulative effects of the "Fit for 55" package, and thereafter on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.