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10 Amendments of Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH related to 2012/0288(COD)

Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) Based on forecasts of biofuel demand provided by the Member States and estimates of indirect land-use change emissions for different biofuel feedstocks it is likelythere are grounds to believe that greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land use change are significant, and could negate some or all of the greenhouse gas savings of individual biofuels. This is because almost the entire biofuel production in 2020 is expected to come from crops grown on land that could be used to satisfy food and feed markets. In order to reduce such emissions, it is appropriate to distinguish between crop groups such as oil crops, cereals, sugars and other starch containing crops accordinglyNonetheless, the Commission's Impact Assessment indicates, that the use of biofuels in the EU saves emissions, also when estimated indirect land-use change emissions are included.
2013/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, provide high greenhouse gas savings with low risk of causing indirect land use change and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. It is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater production of such advanced biofuels as these are currently not commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop based biofuel technologies. Further incentives should be provided by. Further incentives should be provided through public support schemes and tax exemptions thus increasing the weighting of advanced biofuels towards 10% target for transport set in Directive 2009/28/EC compared to conventional biofuels. In this context, only advanced biofuels with low estimated indirect land use change impacts and high overall greenhouse gas savings should be supported as part of the post 2020 renewable energy policy framework.
2013/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land use change impacts in the period to 2020, it is appropriate to limit the amount of biofuels and bioliquids obtained from food crops as set out in part A of Annex VIII to Directive 2009/28/EC and part A of Annex V to Directive 98/70/EC that can be counted towards targets set out in Directive 2009/28/EC. Without restricting the overall use of such biofuels, the share of biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugarintroduce a legally binding target for advanced biofuels within the 10 % target, that will create a strong incentive for the expansion of the production capacity for advanced biofuels and owil crops that can be counted towards the targets of Directive 2009/28/EC should be limited to the share of such biofuels and l grant investors the necessary predictabioliquids consumed in 2011ty.
2013/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) The estimated indirect land-use change emissions should be included in the reporting of greenhousin accordance with the current scientific knowledge are not reliable enough to be the gbas emissions fromis of policy- making. Taking into account that the development of the biofuels uinder Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC. Biofuels made from feedstocks that do not lead to additional demand for land, such as those from waste feedstocks, should be assigned a zero emissionsustry in the EU is predominantly policy-driven, it is particularly important to ensure consistency, basing the changes in legislature on solid scientific factors.
2013/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint a
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7a – paragraph 6
Fuel suppliers shall by 31 March each year report to the authority designated by the Member State, the biofuel production pathways, volumes, and the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy, including the estimated indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex V Member States shall report these data to the Commission.deleted
2013/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – subpoint c – subpoint ii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point d
for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011,advanced biofuels shall be at least 2 % of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020.
2013/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 9
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 2
In estimating net greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels, the Member State may, for the purpose of the reports referred to in paragraph 1, use the typical values given in part A and part B of Annex V, and shall add the estimates for indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex VIII.deleted
2013/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I - point 2
Directive 98/70/EC
Annex V
(2) The following Annex V is added: 'Annex V Part A. Estimated indirect land-use change emissions from biofuels Feedstock group Estimated indirect land-use change emissions (gCO2eq/MJ) Cereals and other starch rich crops 12 Sugars 13 Oil crops 55 Part B. Biofuels for which the estimated indirect land-use change emissions are considered to be zero Biofuels produced from the following feedstock categories will be considered to have estimated indirect land-use change emissions of zero: (a) feedstocks which are not included under Part A of this Annex. (b) feedstocks whose production has led to direct land use change, i.e. a change from one of the following IPCC land cover categories; forest land, grassland, wetlands, settlements, or other land, to cropland or perennial cropland. In such a case a "direct land use change emission value (el) should have been calculated in accordance to Part C, paragraph 7 of Annex IV.' deleted
2013/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II - point 2
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex VIII
(2) The following Annex VIII is added: 'Annex VIII Part A. Estimated indirect land-use change emissions from biofuel and bioliquid feedstocks Feedstock group Estimated indirect land-use change emissions (gCO2eq/MJ) Cereals and other starch rich crops 12 Sugars 13 Oil crops 55 Part B. Biofuels and bioliquids for which the estimated indirect land-use change emissions are considered to be zero Biofuels and bioliquids produced from the following feedstock categories will be considered to have estimated indirect land-use change emissions of zero: (a) feedstocks which are not included under Part A of this Annex. (b) feedstocks whose production has led to direct land use change, i.e. a change from one of the following IPCC land cover categories; forest land, grassland, wetlands, settlements, or other land, to cropland or perennial cropland. In such a case a "direct land use change emission value (el) should have been calculated in accordance to Part C, paragraph 7 of Annex V.' deleted
2013/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3
Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX
(3) The following Annex IX is added: 'Annex IX Part A. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referrThe biofuels produced from the following feed sto in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be four times their energy contentcks will be considered advanced biofuels (a) Algae. (b) Biomass fraction of mixed municipal waste, but not separated household waste subject to recycling targets under Article 11(2)(a) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives. (c) Biomass fraction of industrial waste. (d) Straw. (e) Animal manure and sewage sludge. (f) Palm oil mill effluent and empty palm fruit bunches. (g) Tall oil pitch. (h) Crude glycerine. (i) Bagasse. (j) Grape marcs and wine lees. (k) Nut shells. (l) Husks. (m) Cobs (n) Bark, branches, leaves, saw dust and cutter shavings. Part B. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be twice their energy content (o) Used cooking oil. (p) Animal fats classified as category I and II in accordance with EC/1774/2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by- products not intended for human consumption. (q) Non-food cellulosic material. (r) Ligno-cellulosic material except saw logs and veneer logs.
2013/05/23
Committee: TRAN