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Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) The land sector has the potential to become rapidly climate-neutral by 2035 in a cost-effective manner, and subsequently generate more greenhouse gas removals than emissions. A ~~collecti~~Member State level commitment aiming to achieve climate- neutrality in the land sector in 2035 at EU level can provide the needed planning certainty to drive land- based mitigation action in the short term, considering that it can take many years for such action to deliver the desired mitigation outcomes. Moreover, the land sector is projected to become the largest sector in the EU greenhouse gas flux profile in 2050. It is therefore particularly important to anchor that sector to a trajectory that can effectively deliver net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By mid-2024, the Member States should submit their updated integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . The plans should include relevant measures by which each Member State best contributes to the collective target of climate neutrality in the land sector at EU level in 2035. On the basis of these plans, the Commission should propose national targets within an indicative range, ensuring that the ~~Union-wide~~Member State level greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector and the emissions from the agriculture non-CO2 sectors are at least balanced by 2035. Contrary to the EU level target of climate neutrality for the land sector by 2035, such national targets will be binding and enforceable on each Member State. __________________ 34Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p.1).

2022/02/03
Committee: TRAN

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)

(17a) Given that the changes to the accounting rules generate additional compliance costs for the land use, land use change and forestry sector, compensatory actions need to be taken in order to prevent the total level of regulatory burden from increasing. The Commission should therefore be obliged to present, before the application of this Regulation, proposals for offsetting the regulatory burdens introduced by this Regulation, through the revision or abolishment of provisions in other Union legislative acts that generate compliance costs in the affected sector.

2022/02/03
Committee: TRAN

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) commitments of Member States to take the necessary measures aiming towards the ~~collecti~~Member State level achievement of climate-neutrality in the Union by 2035 in the land use, land use change and forestry sector including emissions by the non-CO2 agriculture.’;

2022/02/03
Committee: TRAN

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annual targets based on the linear trajectory for net greenhouse gas removals for each Member State, for each year in the period from 2026 to 2029 in terms of tonnes CO2 equivalent. These national trajectories shall be based on the average greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, reported by each Member State. The value of the Member State indicative targets set out in Annex IIa and the 310 million tonnes CO2 equivalent net removals as a sum of the targets for Member States set out in Annex IIa may be subject to a technical correction due to a change of methodology by Member States. The method for determination of the technical correction to be added to the targets of ~~the~~a Member State~~s, shall~~ should correspond to the effect of the change in methodology on the targets and be set out in these implementing acts. For the purpose of those implementing acts, the Commission shall carry out a comprehensive review of the most recent national inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.

2022/02/03
Committee: TRAN

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4

4. The ~~Union-wide~~Member State level greenhouse gas emissions in the sectors set out in Article 2(3), points (a) to (j), shall aim to be net zero by 2035 and ~~the Union~~each Member State shall achieve negative emissions thereafter. The Union and the Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the collective achievement of the target for 2035.

2022/02/03
Committee: TRAN

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Following the report, the Commission shall make legislative proposals where it deems it appropriate. In particular, the proposals shall set out annual targets and governance aiming towards the 2035 Member State level climate-neutrality target as laid down in Article 4(4), additional Union policies and measures, and a post-2035 framework~~, including in the scope of the Regulation greenhouse gas emissions and removals from additional sectors, such as the marine and freshwater environment.~~;

2022/02/03
Committee: TRAN

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1 – point ii

(ii) the Member State’s commitments and national targets for net greenhouse gas removals pursuant to Article 4(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 and its contributions aim towards reaching the ~~Union~~Member State level objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2035 and achieving negative emissions thereafter pursuant to Article 4(4) of that Regulation;;

2022/02/03
Committee: TRAN

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4

Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V

~~(4) Annex V is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation.~~deleted

2022/02/03
Committee: TRAN

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III

Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V Part 3

Part 3 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 is replaced by the following: Geographically explicit land-use conversion data in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for national GHG inventories. The greenhouse gas inventory shall operate on the basis of electronic databases and geographic information systems, and comprise: (a) a system for the monitoring of land use units with high-carbon stock land, as defined in Article 29(4) of Directive 2018/2001; (b) land use units subject to protection, defined as land covered by one or more of the following categories: — Land with a high biodiversity value as defined in Article 29(3) of Directive 2018/2001; — and Special Areas of Conservation as defined by Article 4 of Council Directive 92/43/EEC84 and land units outside of these which are subject to protection and conservation measures under Article 6(1) and (2) of that Directive in order to meet site conservation objectives; __________________ 84Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7). — of the species listed in Annex IV to Directive 92/43/EEC which are subject to protection measures under Article 12 of that Directive; — Annex I to Directive 92/43/EEC and the habitats of species listed in Annex II to Directive 92/43/EEC which are found outside sites of Community importance or special areas of conservation and which contribute to these habitats and species reaching favourable conservation status under Article 2 of that Directive or which can be made subject to preventive and remedial measures under Directive 2004/35/EC85 ; __________________ 85Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (OJ L 143, 30.4.2004, p. 56). — under Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council86 and the land units outside of these which are subject to protection and conservation measures under Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EEC and Article 6(2) of Directive 92/43/EEC in order to meet site conservation objectives; __________________ 86Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7). — measures for the preservation of birds reported as being not in secure status under Article 12 of Directive 2009/147/EC in order to fulfil the requirement under Article 4(4), second sentence of that Directive to strive to avoid pollution and habitat deterioration or fulfil the requirement under Article 3 of that Directive to preserve, maintain a sufficient diversity and area of habitats for bird species; — Any other habitats which the Member State designates for equivalent purposes to those laid down in Directive 92/42/EEC and 2009/147/EC; — required to protect and ensure the non- deterioration of the ecological status of those bodies of surface water referred to in Article 4(iii) of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council87; __________________ 87Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1). — the retention of flood water protected by Member States in relation to flood risk management under Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council88 ; __________________ 88Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks (OJ L 288, 6.11.2007, p. 27). (c) land use units subject to restoration, defined as land covered by one or more of the following categories: — special areas of conservation and special protection areas as described in point (b) above, together with the land units outside of these which have been identified as in need of restoration or compensatory measures aimed at meeting site conservation objectives; — referred to in Article 4(2) of Directive 2009/147/EC or listed in Annex I thereto, which are found outside of special protection areas and which have been identified as in need of restoration measures for purposes of Directive 2009/147/EC; — Annex I to Directive 92/43/EEC and the habitats of species listed in Annex II to Directive 92/43/EEC outside sites of Community importance or special areas of conservation and identified as in need of restoration measures for purposes of the achievement of favourable conservation status under Directive 92/43/EEC and/or identified as in need of remedial measures for purposes of Article 6 of Directive 2004/35/EC; — restoration according to a nature restoration plan applicable in a Member State; — required to restore to good ecological status the bodies of surface water referred to in Article 4(iii) of Directive 2000/60/EC, or measures required to restore such bodies to high ecological status where required by law; — the recreation and restoration of wetland areas, as referred to in Annex VI.B(vii) of Directive 2000/60/EC; — Areas in need of ecosystem restoration so as to achieve good ecosystem condition in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament of the Council89 ; __________________ 89Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13). (d) a system for the monitoring of land use units with high climate risk: — natural disturbances under paragraph 5 of Article 13b of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 — Areas referred to in Article 5(1) of Directive 2007/60/EC — States’ national adaptation strategy with high natural and man-made risks, subject to climate-related disaster risk reduction actions. The greenhouse gas inventory shall enable the exchange and integration of data between the electronic databases and the geographic information systems. For the period 2021-2025, Tier 1 methodology in accordance with the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories. For emissions and removals for a carbon pool that accounts for at least 25-30 % of emissions or removals in a source or sink category which is prioritised within a Member State's national inventory system because its estimate has a significant influence on a country's total inventory of GHGs in terms of the absolute level of emissions and removals, the trend in emissions and removals, or the uncertainty in emissions and removals in the land use categories, and from 2026 for all carbon pool emission and removal estimates, at least Tier 2 methodology in accordance with the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories. Member States shall from 2026 for all carbon pool emission and removal estimates falling in areas of high carbon stock land use units referred to in point (c) above, areas of land use units under protection or under restoration referred to in points (d) and (e) above, and areas of land use units under high future climate risks referred to in point (f) above, apply Tier 3 methodology, in accordance with the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories.’.deleted a system for the monitoring of Sites of Community Importance Breeding sites and resting places The natural habitats listed in Special protection areas classified Land units which are subject to Land units subject to measures Natural flood plains or areas for a system for the monitoring of Sites of community importance, The habitats of wild bird species The natural habitats listed in Areas identified as in need of Land units subject to measures Land units subject to measures for Areas subject to compensation for Areas identified in the Member

2022/02/03
Committee: TRAN

9 Amendments of Jörgen WARBORN related to 2021/0201(COD)

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