33 Amendments of Pietro FIOCCHI related to 2021/0206(COD)
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) However, resources are needed to finance those investments. In addition, before they have taken place, the cost supported by households and transport users for heating, cooling and cooking, as well as for road transport, is likely to increase as fuel suppliers subject to the obligations under the emialready disproportionately high in certain Member States and regions, and represents a burden leading to energy and transport poverty; this cost will indubitably increase as a consequence of EU policies to further the green transition passi on trading for buildingcosts to the consumers. These costs passed on to final consumers cand road transport pass differ for each company, region or Member State. The Commission should therefore collect data on the share onf costs on carbon to the consumers. absorbed and the share of costs passed on to final consumers and should annually report its findings to Parliament.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The increase in the price for fossil fuels maywill disproportionally affect vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users who spend a larger part of their incomes on energy and transport, who, in certain regions, do not have access, and will not be able to achieve it in a reasonable time- frame without proper support, to alternative, affordable mobility and transport solutions and who may lack the financial capacity to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) This is even more relevant in view of the existing high levels of energy poverty, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe. Energy poverty is a situation in which households are unable to access essential energy services such as cooling, as temperatures rise, and heating. About 34 million Europeans reported an inability to keep their homes adequately warm in 2018, and 6.9% of the Union population have said that they cannot afford to heat their home sufficiently in a 2019 EU-wide survey32 . Overall, the Energy Poverty Observatory estimates that more than 50 million households in the European Union experience energy poverty. Energy poverty is therefore a major challenge for the Union. While sSocial tariffs or direct income support are necessary in certain national conditions relating to energy mixes and fossil fuel dependency, and can provide immediate relief to households facing energy poverty, only; nevertheless, targeted structural measures, in particular cost-efficient and easy to implement energy renovations, can provide more lasting solutions. _________________ 32 Data from 2018. Eurostat, SILC [ilc_mdes01]).
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) A Social Climate (‘the Fund’) should therefore be established to provide funds to the Member States to support their policies to address the social impacts of the emissions trading for buildings and road transport on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users. This should be achieved notably through temporary income support and measures and investments intended to reduce reliance on and optimise the use of fossil fuels through increased energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable sources, and granting improved access to zero- and low- emission mobility and transport to the benefit of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users.
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) For that purpose, each Member State should submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’). Those Plans should pursue two objectives. Firstly, they should provide vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users the necessary resources to finance and carry out investments in energy efficiency, decarbonisation of heating and cooling, in zero- and low-emission vehicles and mobility and infrastructure. Secondly, they should mitigate the existing effects of energy poverty and transport poverty, as well as the impact of the increase in the cost of fossil fuels on the most vulnerable and thereby prevent further energy and transport poverty during the transition period until such investments have been implemented. The Plans should have an investment component promoting the long- term solution of reduce fossil fuels reliance and could envisage other measures, including temporary direct income support to mitigate adverse income effects in the shorter term.
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The Plans submitted by the Member States should take into account the workforce needed for all stages of the green transition, including artisans as well as high-skilled green technology experts, applied scientists and innovators. The Plans should therefore foresee the need for reskilling and upskilling of workers to establish better opportunities for specialised craftsmen and high-skilled experts, in particular in jobs related to building renovation, such as the integration of energy from renewable sources, such as solar power and photovoltaic panels, insulation and installation of heat pumps, and alternative fuel infrastructure deployment, such as the deployment of charging stations for electric vehicles. Those measures and investments should feed into the relevant actions and programmes of the Member States for training, reskilling and upskilling as part of their implementation of the European Social Fund Plus established by Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 of the European Parliament and of the Council and of their territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund established by Regulation (EU) 2021/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Pending the impact of those investments on reducing costs and emissions, well targeted direct income support for the most vulnerable wouldill help the just transition. Such support should be understood to be a temporary measure accompanying the decarbonisation of the housing and transport sectors. It would not be permanent as it does not address the root causes of energy and transport poverty. Such support should only concern direct impacts of the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, not electricity or heating costs related to the inclusion of power and heat production in the scope of that Directive. Eligibility for such direct income support should be limited in time.
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) WomenSingle parent families are particularly affected by carbon pricing as they represent 85% of single parent families. Single parent families have a particularly high risk of child poverty. Gender equality and equal opportunities for all, and the mainstreamnd also have a particularly high risk of child poverty. The underlying reasons for the high instance of divorce and single parent families should be carefully studied and addressed, ing of those objectives, as well asrder to limit this impact. Furthermore, questions of accessibility for persons with disabilities should be taken into account and promoted throughout the preparation and implementation of Plans to ensure no one is left behind.
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Member States should submit their Plans together withfollowing the submission and approval of the update of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council35 . The Plans should include the measures to be financed, their estimated costs and the national contribution. They should also include key milestones and targets to assess the effective implementation of the measures. _________________ 35 Regulation (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).
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The Union should support Member States with financial means to implement their Plans through the Social Climate Fund. Payments from the Social Climate Fund should be made conditional on achievement ofin accordance with the costs indicated for achieving the milestones and targets included in the Plans. This would allow efficiently taking into account national circumstances and priorities while simplifying financing and facilitating its integration with other national spending programmes while guaranteeing the impact and the integrity of EU spending.
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The financial envelope of the Fund should, in principle, be commensurate to amounts corresponding to 25% of the expected revenues from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC in the period 2026-2032. Pursuant to Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/205341 , Member States should make those revenues available to the Union budget as own resources. Member States are to finance 50%a part of the total costs of their Plans themselves. For this purpose, as well as for investment and , corresponding to at least 40% for temporary direct incomea sures to accelerate and alleviate the required transition for citizens negatively affected, Member States should inter alia use their expected revenues from emissions trading for buildings and road transport under Directive 2003/87/EC for that purposepport and for targeted structural measures and investments. By way of derogation, it should be possible for the national co- financing to be limited to 30 %. _________________ 41 Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom (OJ L 424, 15.12.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) The Commission should ensure that the financial interests of the Union are effectively protected. While iIt is primarily the responsibility of the Member State itself to ensure that the Fund is implemented in compliance with relevant Union and national law, the Commission should be able to receive sufficient assurance from Member States in that regard. To that end, in implementing the Fund, the Member States should ensure the functioning of an effective and efficient internal control system and recover amounts unduly paid or misused. In that regard, Member States should be able to rely on their regular national budget management systems. Member States should collect, record and store in an electronic system standardised categories of data and information allowing the prevention, detection and correction of serious irregularities, meaning fraud, corruption and conflicts of interests, in relation to the measures supported by the Fund. The Commission should make available an information and monitoring system, including a single data- mining and risk-scoring tool, to access and analyse this data and information, with a view to a mandatory application by the Member States.
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘energy poverty’ means energy poverty as defined in point [(49)] of Article 2 of Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council50 ; _________________ 50 [Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ C […], […], p. […]).] [Proposal for recast of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency]the submitted Plan of each Member State, in accordance to Article 3(1a);
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
(2a) 'transport poverty' means transport poverty as defined in the submitted Plan of each Member State, in accordance with Article 3(1a);
Amendment 512 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’) together withwithin 1 year of the update to the integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the procedure and timeline laid down in that Article. The Plan shall contain a coherent set of measures and investments to address the impact of carbon pricing on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users in order to ensure affordable heating, cooling and mobility while accompanying and accelerating necessary measures to meet the climate targets of the Union.
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Plan shall include definitions of 'energy poverty' and 'transport poverty'; these definitions shall employ a series of metrics taking into account national, regional and local specificities and data availability in order to accurately measure the energy and transport poverty levels of individual Member States;
Amendment 576 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
(-a) detailed quantitative information, where available, on energy and transport poverty concerning the following: the number of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users identified at the start of the Plan, on the basis of the definitions in Article 2;
Amendment 652 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Payment of support shall be conditional uponmade in accordance with the costs indicated for achieving the milestones and targets for measures and investments set out in the Plans. Those milestones and targets shall be compatible with the Union’s climate targets and cover in particular:
Amendment 732 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) support cost-effective building renovations, especially for those occupying worst- performing buildings, including in the form of financial support or fiscal incentives such as deductibility of renovation costs from the rent, independently of the ownership of the buildings concerned;
Amendment 744 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) contribute to the cost-effective decarbonisation, including the electrification, of heating and cooling of, and cooking in, buildings and the integration of energy from renewable sources that contribute to the achievements of energy savings;
Amendment 804 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Fund shall not support, and the estimated total costs of Plans shall not include measures in the form of direct income support pursuant to Article 3(2) of this Regulation for households already benefiting: from public intervention in the price level of the fuels covered by Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC;
Amendment 806 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 807 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 882 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The Fund shall be implemented by the Commission in directshared management in accordance with the relevant rules adopted pursuant to Article 322 TFEU, in particular Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council59 . _________________ 59 Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget (OJ L 433I, 22.12.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 905 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall contribute at least to 540 percent of the total estimated costs of their Plans.
Amendment 911 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall contribute at least to 40 percent of the total estimated costs of the measures and investments referred to in Article 6 in their Plans. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, the contribution of Member States with a GDP per capita at market prices below 65% of the Union average during the period 2016 to 2018 shall be limited to a maximum of 30 percent of the total estimated costs of the measures and investments referred to in Article 6 in their Plans.
Amendment 934 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) whether the Plan represents a response to the social impact on and challenges faced by vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users in the Member State concerned from establishing the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC, especially households in energy and transport poverty, duly taking into account the challenges identified in the assessments of the Commission of the update of the concerned Member State’s integrated national energy and climate plan and of its progress pursuant to Article 9(3), and Articles 13 and 29 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as well as in the Commission recommendations to Member States issued pursuant to Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in view of the long-term objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050. This shall take into account the specific challenges and the financial allocation of the Member State concerned;
Amendment 965 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
(i) whether the justification provided by the Member State for the amount of the estimated total costs of the Plan is reasonable, plausible, in line with the principle of cost efficiency and commensurate to the expected national environmental and social impact, while also taking into account national specificities that may impact the costs provided in the Plan;
Amendment 968 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
(iii) whether the milestones and targets proposed by the Member State are efficient in view of the scope, objectives and eligible actions of the Fund, while fully taking into account all national specificities;
Amendment 982 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the Union financial allocation allocated in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation to be paid in instalments once the Member State has satisfactorily fulfilled the relevant milestones and targets identified in relation to the implementation of the Plan, which shall be subject, for the period 2028- 2032, to the availability of the amounts referred to in Article 9(2) of this Regulation under the annual ceilings of the multiannual financial framework referred to in Article 312 TFEU;
Amendment 1052 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State concerned shall, on a btriennial basis, report to the Commission on the implementation of its Plan, where possible as part of its integrated national energy and climate progress report pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and in accordance with Article 28 thereof. The Member States concerned shall include in their progress report:
Amendment 1059 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) available detailed quantitative information on the number of households in energy poverty;
Amendment 1062 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) when applicable, detailed information on progress towards the national indicative targets and objectives to reduce the number of households in energy povertyand transport poverty, in particular vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users;