47 Amendments of Angelika WINZIG related to 2021/0201(COD)
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The sector land use, land use change and forestry sector has been a significant carbon sink since the beginning of the reporting period from 1990 onwards; forestry alone has sequestered around 400 millions of tonnes CO2 equivalent annually within the Union in this period.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to contribute to the increased ambition to reduce greenhouse gas net emissions from at least 40 % to at least 55 % below 1990 levels, binding annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be set out for each Member Stateat Union level in the land use, land use change and forestry sector in the period from 2026 to 2030 (in analogy to the annual emission allocations set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 ), resulting in a target of 310 millions of tonnes CO2 equivalent of net removals for the Union as a whole in 2030. The methodology used to establish the indicative national targets for 2030 should take into account the average greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the years 2016, 2017 and 2018, reported by each Member State, and reflect the current mitigation performance of the land use, land use change and forestry sector, and each Member State’s share of the managed land area in the Union, taking into account the capacity of that Member State to improve its performance in the sector via land management practices or changes in land use that benefit the climate and biodiversity. __________________ 32Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26).
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The bindingcative annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be determined for each Member State by a linear trajectory. The trajectory should start in 2022, on the average of greenhouse gas emissions reported by that Member State during 2021, 2022 and 2023 and end in 2030 on the target set out for that Member State. For Member States that improve their methodology of calculating the emissions and removals, a concept of technical correction should be introduced. A technical correction should be added to the target of that Member State corresponding to the effect of the change in methodology on the targets and the efforts of the Member State to achieve them, in order to respect environmental integrity.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The contribution of agriculture and forestry to the substitution of fossil energy sources, which is achieved by using renewable raw materials and especially wood and wood-based products instead of fossil raw materials, should be credited to this sector, because it also contributes to climate protection. At the same time, it is important to promote active sustainable forest management and the provision of agricultural (by-)products to promote the bio-economy (replacement of fossil raw materials by renewable raw materials) while at the same time optimising carbon uptake.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or forest managers need a direct incentive to store more carbon on their land and their forests. Individual farmers and forest owners need access to growing media constituents, which support carbon sequestration while protecting European food production and agriculture. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030. Such incentives and business models will enhance climate mitigation in the bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of carbon storage products should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create where SMEs and family businesses are increasingly facing locational disadvantage due to inadequate infrastructure and lack of investments. A fair transition requires maintaining the industrial SME sector as a social stabiliser in these areas, creating opportunities for new jobs and provideing incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) With the setting of binding national annual targetsannual targets at Union level for greenhouse gas removals based on the reported greenhouse gas emissions and removals from 2026 onwards, the rules for target compliance should be set out. The principles laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 should apply mutatis mutandis, with a penalty for non- compliance calculated in the following way: 108% of the gap between the assigned target and the net removals reported in the given year will be added to the greenhouse gas emission figure reported in the subsequent year by the Member State.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Achieving the ambitious targets for doubling the share of renewable energies in the Union requires the extremely dynamic expansion of all renewable energy technologies, as well as the increased use of biogenic energy sources in particular. Biogenic energy sources and especially wood make the largest contribution to the renewable energy portfolio (60 % of renewables in the EU 27 come from bioenergy, 80 % of bioenergy is wood-based) and will continue to do so in the future to achieve the renewable energy targets. The increase of the storage effect within the Union should in any case be in line with a simultaneous increase of the renewable energy targets with a significant use of biogenic energy sources such as wood.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
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 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.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a Union target for net greenhouse gas removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector for the period from 2026 to 2030onwards;
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The land use, land use change and forestry sector has been a significant carbon sink since the beginning of the reporting period, in 1990. Forestry alone has sequestered around 400 Mt CO2 equivalent annually within the European Union in the period since 1990.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annualMember States shall agree on indicative 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 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 Member States, shall 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.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
The Union-wide 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 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. The land based carbon removals should be available for other sectors as per the Union regulatory framework for the certification of carbon removals.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The bindingcative annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be determined for each Member State by a linear trajectory. The trajectory should start in 2022, on the average of greenhouse gas emissions reported by that Member State during 2021, 2022 and 2023 and end in 2030 on the target set out for that Member State. For Member States that improve their methodology of calculating the emissions and removals, a concept of technical correction should be introduced. A technical correction should be added to the target of that Member State corresponding to the effect of the change in methodology on the targets and the efforts of the Member State to achieve them, in order to respect environmental integrity.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
(3a) The following Article 4a is added: ‘Article 4a The substitution effect achieved through the use of agricultural and forestry raw materials, especially wood and wood- based products, instead of fossil raw materials represents a climate protection performance of the sector and is recognised as such in that it is credited to the land use, land use change and forestry sector.’
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 b (new)
Article 4 b (new)
(3b) The following Article is added: ‘Article 4b The Member States shall ensure that CO2 uptake from the atmosphere is optimally designed to keep forest stands in a high- growth age phase through climate-smart and sustainable management, as climate- smart forest management and growth- increasing measures actively contribute to carbon uptake.’
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 9 – title
Article 9 – title
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 in order to amend paragraph 1 of this Article and Annex V by adding new categories of carbon storage productMember States shall be able to account for categories of fossil substitution products which substitute fossil materials and fuels, including harvested wood products, thatand have a carbon sequestration effect, based on IPCC Guidelines as adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC or the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, and ensuringe environmental integrity.;
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13
Article 13
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b
Article 13 b
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The contribution of agriculture and forestry to the substitution of fossil energy sources, which is achieved by using renewable raw materials and especially wood and wood-based products instead of fossil raw materials, should be credited to this sector, because it also contributes to climate protection. At the same time, it is important to promote active sustainable forest management and the provision of agricultural (by-)products to promote the bioeconomy, for example through the replacement of fossil raw materials by renewable raw materials, while at the same time optimising carbon uptake.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or forest managers need a direct incentive to store more carbon on their land and their forests. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030. The financial incentives could come from public or private sources and reward land managers for their management practice or the actual amount of carbon sequestered, increasing the storage of atmospheric carbon. The new business models should be voluntary and based on high-quality certificates which can ensure that the criteria of additionality, permanence, authenticity and absence of double counting are satisfied. In 2022, the Commission should present a legal framework with a clear financial framework, accounting rules and a market-based design. Such incentives and business models will enhance climate mitigation in the bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of short and long-life carbon storage products should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products. The Commission should, in addition, develop a methodology to further enlarge the scope of short and long-life carbon storage products to account not only for the storage but also for the substitution potential of renewable products. The sustainable use of biomass and the increased demand for renewable products makes sustainable forest management indispensable. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Considering the specificities of the land use, land use change and forestry sector in each Member State, as well as the fact that Member States need to increase their performance to achieve their indicative national binding targets, a range of flexibilities should remain at the disposal of the Member States, including trading surpluses and the extension of forest- specific flexibilities, while respecting the environmental integrity of the targets.
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) With the setting of binding national annual targets at Union level for greenhouse gas removals based on the reported greenhouse gas emissions and removals from 2026 onwards, the rules for target compliance should be set out. The principles laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 should apply mutatis mutandis, with a penalty for non- compliance calculated in the following way: 108% of the gap between the assigned target and the net removals reported in the given year will be added to the greenhouse gas emission figure reported in the subsequent year by the Member State.
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Achieving the ambitious targets for doubling the share of renewable energies in the Union requires an extremely dynamic expansion of all renewable energy technologies, as well as the increased use of biogenic energy sources in particular. Biogenic energy sources and especially wood make the largest contribution to the renewable energy portfolio - 60% of renewables in the EU 27 come from bioenergy, 80% of bioenergy is wood-based - and will continue to be so in the future to achieve the renewable energy targets. The increase of the storage effect within the Union should in any case be in line with a simultaneous increase of the renewable energy targets, with a significant use of biogenic energy sources such as wood.
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) commitmenindicative targets of Member States for the land use, land use change and forestry sector that contribute to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and meeting the greenhouse gas emission reduction target of the Union for the period from 2021 to 2025;
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a Union target for net greenhouse gas removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector for the period from 2026 to 2030onwards;
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Before 2025, the Commission shall assess the difference between biogenic and fossil methane emissions, as regards their respective sources and cycles.
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The 2030 Union target for net greenhouse gas removals is 310225 million tonnes CO2 equivalent as a sum of the Member States indicative targets established in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article, and shall be based on the average of its greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article – 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article – 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annualMember States shall agree on indicative 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 indicative 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 310225 million tonnes CO2 equivalent net removals as a sum of the indicative 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 Member States, shall be set out in thesean implementing acts. For the purpose of thoseat 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.
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The substitution effect achieved through the use of agricultural and forestry raw materials, especially wood and wood-based products, instead of fossil raw materials represents a climate protection performance of the sector and shall be recognised as such in that it shall be credited to the land use, land use change and forestry sector.
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. The Member States shall ensure that CO2 uptake from the atmosphere is optimally designed to keep forest stands in a high-growth age phase, through use of climate-smart and sustainable management practices.
Amendment 496 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 in order to amend paragraph 1 of this Article and Annex V by adding new categories of carbon storage products, including harvested wood products, that have a carbon sequestration effectMember States shall determine categories of carbon storage products, including harvested wood products, which act as substitutes for fossil materials and fuels, have a carbon sequestration effect and ensure environmental integrity, based on IPCC Guidelines as adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC or the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, and ensuring environmental integrity.;
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Amendment 641 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) synergies between climate mitigation and bioeconomy development, including estimates on the greenhouse gas savings that are associated with the substitution of carbon- and fossil- intensive materials with wood-based materials.
Amendment 694 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 16 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 699 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 38 – paragraph 1 a
Article 38 – paragraph 1 a
In 2025, the Commission shall carry out a comprehensive review of the national inventory data submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 26(4) of this Regulation, in order to determinerecommend the annual targetcontributions of net greenhouse gas emissions reduction of the Member States pursuant to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 and in order to determine the annual emission allocations of the Member States pursuant to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842;