9 Amendments of João PIMENTA LOPES related to 2021/0426(COD)
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) The national building renovation plans should be based on a harmonised template in order to ensure comparability of plans. In order to ensure the required ambition, tallow comparability of plans. The Commission shouldmay assess the draft plans and issue recommendations to Member States in this regard.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) Improving the energy performance of buildings is an important step in decarbonising societies and reducing energy waste, and is relevant for improving the thermal comfort of buildings. The measures required to improve this performance could, however, bring benefits beyond their direct effect on buildings and contribute towards urban regeneration, create jobs, or help change mobility and accessibility patterns.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) Union financial instruments should be used to give practical effect to the objectives of this Directive, without however substitutingand help boost and supplement national measures. In particular, due to the scale of the renovation effort needed, they should be used for providing appropriate and innovative means of financing to catalyse investment in energy performance of buildings . They could play an important role in the development of national, regional and local energy efficiency funds, instruments, or mechanisms, which deliver such financing possibilities to the public sector, to private property owners, to small and medium- sized enterprises andor to energy efficiency service companies.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) Inefficient buildings are often linked to energy poverty and social problems. Vulnerable households are particularly exposed to increasing energy prices as they spend a larger proportion of their budget on energy products. By reducing excessive energy bills, building renovation can lift people out of energy poverty and also prevent it. At the same time, building renovation does not come for free, and it is essential to ensure that the social impact of the costs for building renovation, notably on vulnerable households, is kept in check. The renovation wave should leave no one behind and be seized as an opportunity to improve the situation of vulnerable households, and a fair transition towards climate neutrality should be ensured. Therefore, financial incentives and other policy measures should as a priority target vulnerable households, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing, and Member States should take measures to prevent evictions because of renovationhome energy upgrades from pushing up rents or leading to eviction processes (in the context of ever-diminishing safeguards for tenants and the ever-increasing deregulation of the rental market), guaranteeing the right to decent, affordable housing, tackling speculation and regulating the market. The Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation on ensuring a fair transition towards climate neutrality provides a common framework and shared understanding of comprehensive policies and investments needed for ensuring that the transition is fair.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8.º – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8.º – paragraph 3 a (new)
3A. Care should be taken to prevent home energy retrofits and upgrades from pushing up rents or leading to eviction processes.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12.º – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 12.º – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. The broad range of socioeconomic circumstances and local mobility conditions call for a broad range of solutions. Notwithstanding the definitions in the subsequent paragraphs, each Member State, in conjunction with the local authorities, will, on the basis of their mobility and development strategies, be able to modify the criteria for installing sustainable mobility infrastructure (i.e. setting needs, installation times, the quantity and quality of this infrastructure), in accordance with their needs and development strategies.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12.º – paragraph 3
Article 12.º – paragraph 3
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15.º – paragraph 1
Article 15.º – paragraph 1
1. The Commission and Member States shall provide appropriate financing, support measures and other instruments able to address market barriers and stimulate the necessary investments in energy renovations and the installation of sustainable mobility infrastructure, in line with their national building renovation plan and with a view to the transformation of their building stock into zero-emission buildings by 2050.
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15.º – paragraph 3
Article 15.º – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall make best cost-effective use of national financing and financing available established at Union level, in particular the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Social Climate Fund, cohesion policy funds, InvestEU, auctioning revenues from emission trading pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC [amended ETS] and other public funding sources.