Activities of Sandra PEREIRA related to 2020/0006(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Just Transition Fund
Amendments (56)
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
3. In order to be successful, the transition has to be fair and socially acceptable for all. It must ensure that the right of affected workers to decent employment is respected, and seek to realign their skills to changing job requirements. Therefore, both the Union and the Member States must take into account its economic and social implications from the outset, and deploy all possible instruments to mitigate adverse consequences. The Union budget has an important role in that regard.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
3a. If the JTF is to achieve its goal, it is essential to increase the EU budget, stepping up its role in the reallocation of structural, investment and cohesion funding earmarked for genuine economic and social convergence between Member States and funding for the productive sectors and for employment with rights.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
3b. Enhanced cohesion policy instruments and EU budgetary easing are essential in view of the current economic and social fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Member States; Member States should be free to redirect appropriations between funds, items of expenditure and priorities in accordance with their economic and social needs, irrespective of thematic concentration objectives and any EU macroeconomic and/or political conditionalities.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
2. The transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy constitutes one of the most important policy objectives for the Union. On 12 December 2019, the European Council endorsed the objective of achieving a climate-neutral Union by 2050, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. While fighting climate change and environmental degradation will benefit all in the long term and provides opportunities and challenges for all in the medium term, not all regions and Member States start their transition from the same point or have the same capacity to respond in view of their specific historical and cultural circumstances or the impact of austerity policies on their economic growth. Some are more advanced than others, whereas the transition entails a wider social and economic impact for those regions that rely heavily on fossil fuels - especially coal, lignite, peat and oil shale - or greenhouse gas intensive industries. Such a situation not only creates the risk of a variable speed transition in the Union as regards climate action, but also of growing disparities between regions, detrimental to the objectives of social, economic and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
5. This Regulation establishes the Just Transition Fund (‘JTF’) which is one of the pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism implemented under cohesion policy. The aim of the JTF is to mitigate the adverse effects of the climate transition by supporting the most affected territories and workers concerned. In line with the JTF specific objective, actions supported by the JTF should directly contribute to alleviate and offset the impact of the transition by financing the diversification and modernisation of the local economy and by mitigating the negative repercussions on employment. This is reflected in the JTF specific objective, which is established at the same level and listed together with the policy objectives set out in Article [4] of Regulation EU [new CPR].
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
3. In order to be successful, the transition has to be fair and socially acceptable for all, the transition must ensure the right to decent working conditions for those affected, seeking to bring their skills into line with emerging new workplace requirements. Therefore, both the Union and the Member States must take into account its economic and social implications from the outset, and deploy all possible instruments to mitigate adverseoffset the harmful consequences. The Union budget has an important role in that regard.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
6. In view of the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement, the commitment regarding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the increased ambition of the Union as proposed in the European Green Deal, the JTF should provide a key contribution to mainstream climate actions. Resources from the JTF own envelope are additional and come on top of the investments needed to achieve the overall target of 25 % of the Union budget expenditure contributing to climate objectives. Resources transferred fromused by the ERDF and ESF+ will contribute fully to the achievement of this target.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
7. The resources from the JTF shouldmay complement the resources available under a cohesion policy with increased funding that can be flexibly deployed by Member States and beneficiaries.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
3a. To ensure that JTF objectives are met, it is essential to step up the EU budget and its role in redistributing resources towards effective economic and social convergence between Member States (through the deployment of structural, investment and cohesion funding) and providing grants (not loans) to Member States in order to underpin their productive sectors and promote employment with rights.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
3b. Given that the Member States are currently suffering the economic and social fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential to strengthen cohesion policy instruments, introduce EU budgetary easing and move from the centralised fund management by the Commission to joint management involving the Member States. Member States should be free to reallocate appropriations between funds, headings and priorities in line with their economic and social needs, and independently of thematic concentration objectives and any EU macroeconomic and/or political conditionalities.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
9a. The JTF should facilitate the geographical spread of investments (from agricultural and industrial areas to energy generation hubs), ensuring territorial cohesion and balanced land use, avoiding divergence between Member States and, on the contrary, promoting convergence.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
5. This Regulation establishes the Just Transition Fund (‘JTF’) which is one of the pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism implemented under cohesion policy. The aim of the JTF is to mitigate the adverse effects of the climate transition by supporting the most affected territories and workers concerned. In line with the JTF specific objective, actions supported by the JTF should directly contribute to alleviate the impact of the transition by financing the diversification and modernisation of the local economy and by mitigatingoffset the negative repercussions on employment. This is reflected in the JTF specific objective, which is established at the same level and listed together with the policy objectives set out in Article [4] of Regulation EU [new CPR].
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
10. This Regulation identifies types of investments for which expenditure may be supported by the JTF. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Union. The list of investments should include those that support local economies, promote decent employment and are sustainable in the long- term, taking into account all the objectives of the Green Deal. The projects financed should contribute to a transition to a climate- neutral and circular economy focused on promoting employment and decent workplace conditions. For declining sectors, such as energy production based on coal, lignite, peat and oil shale or extraction activities for these solid fossil fuels, support should be linked to the phasing out of the activity and the corresponding industrial reconfiguration of the affected regions, avoiding any structural reduction in the employment level. As regards transforming sectors with high greenhouse gas emission levels, support should promote new activities through the deployment of new technologies, new processes or products, leading to significant emission reduction, in line with the EU 2030 climate objectives and EU climate neutrality by 205013 while maintaining and enhancing employment with rights and avoiding environmental degradation. The FTJ should also facilitate substantive changes with regard to mobility, seeking to reduce its impact in terms of climate change and, more specifically, channelling investments into rail network modernisation and expansion and more efficient public transport services in metropolitan areas and urban centres. Particular attention should also be given to activities enhancing innovation and research in advanced and sustainable technologies, as well as in the fields of digitalisation and connectivity, provided that such measures help mitigate the negative side effects of a transition towards, and contribute to, a climate- neutral and circular economy. __________________ 13As set out in “A Clean Planet for all European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy”, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - COM(2018) 773 final.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
11. To protect citizens who are most vulnerable to the climate transition, the JTF should also cover the up-skilling and reskilling of the affected workers, with the aim of helping them to adapt to new employment opportunconditieons, as well as providing job-search assistance to jobseekers and their active inclusion into the labour market, ensuring that they do not lose out when changing jobs.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The resources from the JTF shcould complement the resources available under cohesion policya better funded cohesion policy for flexible implementation by Member States and beneficiaries.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
12. In order to enhance the economic diversification of territories impacted by the transition, the JTF should provide support to productive investment in SMEs. Productive investment should be understood as investment in fixed capital or immaterial assets of enterprises in view of producing goods and services thereby contributing to gross-capital formation and decent employment. For enterprises other than SMEs, productive investments should only be supported if they are necessary for mitigating job losses resulting from the transition, by creating or protecting a significant number of jobs and they do not lead to or result from relocation. Investments in existing industrial facilities, including those covered by the Union Emissions Trading System, should be allowed if they contribute to the transition to a climate- neutral economy by 2050 and go substantially below the relevant benchmarks established for free allocation under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and if they result in the protection of a significant number of jobs. Any such investment should be justified accordingly in the relevant territorial just transition plan. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market and cohesion policy, support to undertakings should comply with Union State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 TFEU and, in particular, sSupport to productive investments by enterprises other than SMEs should be limited to enterprises located in areas designated as assisted areas for the purposes of points (a) and (c) of Article 107(3) TFEU. __________________ 14 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
9a. The FTJ should promote the territorial spread of investments (from agricultural and industrial production to energy production hubs), ensuring cohesion and balanced occupation of territory, avoiding divergence between Member States and, on the contrary, promoting convergence between them.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
13. In order to provide flexibility for the programming of the JTF resources under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, it should be possible to preparopose a self-standing JTF programme or to programme JTF resources in one or more dedicated priorities within a programme supported by the European Regional Development Fund (‘ERDF’), the European Social Fund Plus (‘ESF+’) or the Cohesion Fund. In accordance with Article 21a of Regulation (EU) [new CPR], JTF resources shouldmay be reinforced with complementary funding from the ERDF and the ESF+. The respective amounts transferred from the ERDF and the ESF+ should be consistent with the type of operations set out in the territorial just transition plans.
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
10. This Regulation identifies types of investments for which expenditure may be supported by the JTF. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Union. The list of investments should include those that support local economies, promote decent employment and are sustainable in the long- term, taking into account all the objectives of the Green Deal. The projects financed should contribute to a transition to a climate- neutral and circular economy based on measures to promote decent workplace conditions. For declining sectors, such as energy production based on coal, lignite, peat and oil shale or extraction activities for these solid fossil fuels, support should be linked to the phasing out of the activity and the correspondingindustrial reconfiguration of the regions affected, preventing a structural reduction in the employment level. As regards transforming sectors with high greenhouse gas emission levels, support should promote new activities through the deployment of new technologies, new processes or products, leading to significant emission reduction, in line with the EU 2030 climate objectives and EU climate neutrality by 205013 while maintaining and enhancing employment with rights and avoiding environmental degradation. Particular attention should also be given to activities enhancing innovation and research in advanced and sustainable technologies, as well as in the fields of digitalisation and connectivity, provided that such measures help mitigate the negative side effects of a transition towards, and contribute to, a climate- neutral and circular economy. __________________ 13 As set out in “A Clean Planet for all European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy”, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - COM(2018) 773 final.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To protect citizens who are most vulnerable to the climate transition, the JTF should also cover the up-skilling and reskilling of the affected workers, with the aim of helping them to adapt to the new employment opportunities, as well as providing job-search assistance to jobseekers and their active inclusion into the labour marketsituation, and facilitate their active inclusion into the labour market, ensuring that they do not lose out when changing jobs. .
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
12. In order to enhance the economic diversification of territories impacted by the transition, the JTF should provide support to productive investment in SMEs. Productive investment should be understood as investment in fixed capital or immaterial assets of enterprises in view of producing goods and services thereby contributing to gross-capital formation and decent employment. For enterprises other than SMEs, productive investments should only be supported if they are necessary for mitigapreventing job losses resulting from the transition, by creating or protecting a significant number of jobs and they do not lead to or result from relocation. Investments in existing industrial facilities, including those covered by the Union Emissions Trading System, should be allowed if they contribute to the transition to a climate-neutral economy by 2050 and go substantially below the relevant benchmarks established for free allocation under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council14 and if they result in thejob protection of a significant number of jobs. Any such investment should be justified accordingly in the relevant territorial just transition plan. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market and cohesion policy, support to undertakings should comply with Union State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 TFEU and, in particular, support to productive investments by enterprises other than SMEs should be limited to enterprises located in areas designated as assisted areas for the purposes of points (a) and (c) of Article 107(3) TFEU. __________________ 14Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
13. In order to provide flexibility for the programming of the JTF resources under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, it should be possible to preparopose a self-standing JTF programme or to programme JTF resources in one or more dedicated priorities within a programme supported by the European Regional Development Fund (‘ERDF’), the European Social Fund Plus (‘ESF+’) or the Cohesion Fund. In accordance with Article 21a of Regulation (EU) [new CPR], JTF resources should be reinforced with complementary funding from the ERDF and the ESF+. The respective amounts transferred from the ERDF and the ESF+ should be consistent with the type of operations set out in the territorial just transition plans.
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 3.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The resources for the JTF under the Investment for jobs and growth goal available for budgetary commitment for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 7.5XX billion in 2018 prices, which may be increased, as the case may be, by additional resources allocated in the Union budget, and by other resources in accordance with the applicable basic act.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) investments by agencies, bodies and public entities to stimulate economic activity and job creation;
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investments in the creation of new firms, including through business incubators and consulting services;
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The resources for the JTF under the Investment for jobs and growth goal available for budgetary commitment for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 7.5XX billion in 2018 prices, which may be increased, as the case may be, by additional resources allocated in the Union budget, and by other resources in accordance with the applicable basic act.
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) investments to counter planned obsolescence and reverse the trend towards reducing the useful lifespan of goods and equipment;
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) Investments by agencies, bodies and public entities, to stimulate economic activity and job creation;
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)
(ba) investments in the modernisation, expansion and rationalisation of public transport networks and fleets, promoting rail services, lighter modes of transport and interoperability, focusing on metropolitan areas and urban centres, while also helping to improve connections with island and rural areas;
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investments in the creation of new firms, including through business incubators and consulting services;
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d c (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d c (new)
(dc) investment in projects with the potential to attract users away from private vehicles towards public transport services, for example by seeking to provide such services free of charge;
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) investments in regeneration and decontamination of sites, land restoration and repurposing projects only public entities and SMEs being eligible;
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The activities referred to in paragraph 2 shall ensure that, in regions whose industrial and productive sectors require a comprehensive overhaul, employment is not structurally affected, with measures being taken to promote business start-ups, the refurbishment of existing structures and proper workforce reskilling.
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The activities referred to in paragraph 2 shall promote the establishment of new businesses, the upgrading of old structures and the reskilling of workers to ensure that employment is not structurally affected in regions requiring a complete overhaul of their industrial and production profile;
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Investments failing to ensure decent employment based on agreements and collective bargaining with better pay and more satisfactory work-life balance;
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The JTF resources shall be programmed, giving priority to less developed regions under cohesion policy for the categories of regions where the territories concerned are located, on the basis of the territorial just transition plans established in accordance with Article 7 and approved by the Commission as part of a programme or a programme amendment. The resources programmed shall take the form of one or more specific programmes or of one or more priorities within a programme.
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) investment failing to ensure decent agreement- and collective bargaining- based employment, which values proper pay and work-life balance;
Amendment 375 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The JTF priority or priorities shall comprise the JTF resources consisting of all or part of the JTF allocation for the Member States and the resources transferred in accordance with Article [21a] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR]. The total of the ERDF and ESF+ resources transferred to the JTF priority shall be at least equal to one and a half times the amount of support from the JTF to that priority but shall not exceed three times that amount.
Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The JTF resources shall be programmed for the categories of regions where the territories concerned are located, giving priority to the less developed regions under the cohesion policy, on the basis of the territorial just transition plans established in accordance with Article 7 and approved by the Commission as part of a programme or a programme amendment. The resources programmed shall take the form of one or more specific programmes or of one or more priorities within a programme.
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall prepare, together with the relevant authorities of the territories concerned, one or more territorial just transition plans covering one or more affected territories corresponding to level 3 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (‘NUTS level 3 regions’) as established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 868/201417 or parts thereof, in accordance with the template set out in Annex II. Those territories shallneed to be those that are most negatively affected based on the economic and social impacts resulting from the transition, in particular with regard to expected job losses in fossil fuel production and use and the transformation needs of the production processes of industrial facilities with the highest greenhouse gas intensityreclassification requirements and the transformation of their industrial and production processes. __________________ 17Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154 21.6.2003, p. 1).
Amendment 399 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) an assessment of the transition challenges faced by the most negatively affected territories, including the social, economic, and environmental impact of the transition to a climate-neutral economy, identifying the potential number of affected jobs and job lossesjobs to be reclassified, the development needs and objectives, to be reached by 2030 linked to the transformation or closure of greenhouse gas-intensive activities in those territories and necessary business start-up and job retention incentives;
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall prepare, together with the relevant authorities of the territories concerned, one or more territorial just transition plans covering one or more affected territories corresponding to level 3 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (‘NUTS level 3 regions’) as established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 868/201417 or parts thereof, in accordance with the template set out in Annex II. Those territories shall be those most negatively affected based on the economic and social impacts resulting from the transition, in particular with regard to expected job losses in fossil fuel production and use and the transformation needs of the production processes of industrial facilities with the highest greenand employment profile-refocusing needs following the changes to the industrial and production profile of thouse gas intensityterritories. __________________ 17Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154 21.6.2003, p. 1).
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) an assessment of its consistency with other national, regional or territorial strategies and plans, including economic and industrial renewal strategies for continued productive activity and sustained or increased employment levels;
Amendment 423 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) an assessment of the transition challenges faced by the most negatively affected territories, including the social, economic, and environmental impact of the transition to a climate-neutral economy, identifying the potential number of affected jobs and job lossesthose to be retrained, the development needs and objectives, to be reached by 2030 linked to the transformation or closure of greenhouse gas-intensive activities in those territories, along with the requisite business- establishment and job-retention incentives;
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Territorial just transition plans shall be consistent with the territorial strategies referred to in Article [23] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR], with relevant smart specialisation strategies, the NECPs and the European Pillar of Social Rightall international, EU, national or regional strategic planning objectives in terms of ecological conservation and climate change mitigation and measures to promote decent employment, better pay, investment in universal and free public services, and more comprehensive social benefits and responses.
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) an assessment of its consistency with other national, regional or territorial strategies and plans, including economic and industrial renewal strategies to sustain production and maintain or improve employment levels;
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) greenhouse-gas emissions ofrom industrial facilities, transport, buildings, modified land use and other non- negligible sources in NUTS level 2 and NUTS 3regions where the carbon intensity, as defined by the ratio of greenhouse gas emissions of industrial facilitifrom the above sources as reported by Member States in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council28 compared to the gross value added of the industryGDP of the region in question, exceeds by a factor of two the EU-27 average. Where that level is not exceeded in any NUTS level 2 and level 3 regions in a given Member State, greenhouse-gas emissions of industrial facilities in the NUTS level 2 and level 3 region with the highest carbon intensity is taken into account (weighting 439%), __________________ 28Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC (OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 455 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Territorial just transition plans shall be consistent with the territorial strategies referred to in Article [23] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR], with relevant smart specialisation strategies, the NECPs and the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) employment in mining of coal and lignite and other sectors undergoing reconversion (weighting 25 %),
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) unemployment in industry in the NUTS level 2 regions taken into account for the purposes of point (i) (weighting 25 %),
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iiia) proportion of NUTS level 2 regions considered to be less developed for cohesion policy purposes (weighting of 10%),
Amendment 477 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) greenhouse-gas emissions ofrom industrial facilities, transport, buildings, changes in land use and other sources considered relevant in NUTS level 2 and level 3 regions where the carbon intensity, as defined by the ratio of greenhouse gas emissions of industrial facilitifrom the above sources as reported by Member States in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council28 compared to the gross value added of the industryGDP of the region in question, exceeds by a factor of two the EU-27 average. Where that level is not exceeded in any NUTS level 2 and level 3 regions in a given Member State, greenhouse-gas emissions of industrial facilities in the NUTS level 2 and level 3 region with the highest carbon intensity is taken into account (weighting 439 %), __________________ 28Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC (OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) employment in mining of coal and lignite or other sectors undergoing conversion (weighting 25 %),
Amendment 488 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) unemployment in industry in the NUTS level 2 and level 3 regions taken into account for the purposes of point (i) (weighting 25 %),
Amendment 492 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iiia) proportion of NUTS level 2 regions considered less developed for the purposes of cohesion policy (weighting 10 %),