61 Amendments of Michal WIEZIK related to 2020/0036(COD)
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and Regulation (EU) 2018/841 (European Climate Law)
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways20 provides a strong scientific basis for tackling climate change and illustrates the need to step up climate action. It confirms that greenhouse gas emissions need to be urgently reduced, and that climate change needs to be limited to 1.5 °C, in particular to reduce the likelihood of extreme weather events. The Intergovernmental Science- Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ (IPBES) 2019 Global Assessment Report21 highlighted that the sustainable use of nature will be vital for adapting to and mitigating dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system and showed worldwide erosion of biodiversity, with climate change as the third most important driver of biodiversity loss.22. _________________ 20IPCC, 2018: Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, H.-O. Pörtner, D. Roberts, J. Skea, P.R. Shukla, A. Pirani, W. Moufouma- Okia, C. Péan, R. Pidcock, S. Connors, J.B.R. Matthews, Y. Chen, X. Zhou, M.I. Gomis, E. Lonnoy, T. Maycock, M. Tignor, and T. Waterfield (eds.)]. 21IPBES 2019: Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. 22European Environment Agency’s The European environment – state and outlook 2020 (Luxembourg: Publication Office of the EU, 2019).
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Paris Agreement sets out a long-term goal to keep the global temperature increase to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to keep it to 1.5 °C above pre- industrial levels23 , and stresses the importance of adapting to the adverse impacts of climate change24 and making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development25 . Furthermore, climate change and global temperature increase indicate an increasing vulnerability to desertification in the European Union over the past years. _________________ 23 Article 2.1.a of the Paris Agreement. 24 Article 2.1.b of the Paris Agreement. 25 Article 2.1.c of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Synergies between various objectives should be sought. To this end, significant areas of carbon-rich ecosystems, such as old-growth and primary forests, peatlands, grasslands, wetlands, mangroves and seagrass meadows should be strictly protected.1a EU action pursuing emission reduction should result neither in deforestation nor in reporting higher land use emissions through the UNFCCC, either of the third or EU countries, and concrete target of net removals by natural carbon sinks should be proposed. _________________ 1aBiodiversity Strategy. Bringing nature back into our lives (COM(2020)380 final)
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Commission has, in its Communication of 11 December 2019 entitled ‘The European Green Deal’19 , set out a new growth strategy that aims to transform the Union into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use. It also aims to protect, conserve and enhance the Union’s natural capital, and protect the health and well- being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts. At the same time, this transition must be just and inclusive, leaving no one behind and follow the do no harm principle. _________________ 19 Commission Communication - The European Green Deal, COM(2019) 640 final of 11 December 2019.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The COVID-19 pandemic is having a severe impact on the public health systems of Member States and on their economies, impacting Member States’ capacity to finance the transition towards a climate-neutral economy. Therefore, the Commission’s proposed recovery plan, ‘Next Generation EU’, is a crucial instrument to achieve the objectives of this Regulation.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways20 provides a strong scientific basis for tackling climate change and illustrates the need to step up climate action. It confirms that greenhouse gas emissions need to be urgently reduced, and that climate change needs to be limited to 1.5 °C, in particular to reduce the likelihood of extreme weather events. The Intergovernmental Science- Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ (IPBES) 2019 Global Assessment Report21 showed worldwide erosion of biodiversity, with climate change as the third most important driver of biodiversity loss.22and that the sustainable use of nature will be vital for adapting to and mitigating dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system 22a. _________________ 20IPCC, 2018: Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, H.-O. Pörtner, D. Roberts, J. Skea, P.R. Shukla, A. Pirani, W. Moufouma- Okia, C. Péan, R. Pidcock, S. Connors, J.B.R. Matthews, Y. Chen, X. Zhou, M.I. Gomis, E. Lonnoy, T. Maycock, M. Tignor, and T. Waterfield (eds.)]. 21IPBES 2019: Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. 22European Environment Agency’s The European environment – state and outlook 2020 (Luxembourg: Publication Office of the EU, 2019). 22aIPBES 2019: Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Paris Agreement sets out a long-term goal to keep the global temperature increase to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to keep it to 1.5 °C above pre- industrial levels23 , and stresses the importance of adapting to the adverse impacts of climate change by fostering climate resilience and ensuring sustainable food production,24 and making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development25 . _________________ 23 Article 2.1.a of the Paris Agreement. 24 Article 2.1.b of the Paris Agreement. 25 Article 2.1.c of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Paris Agreement sets out a long-term goal to keep the global temperature increase to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to keep it to 1.5 °C above pre- industrial levels23 , and stresses the importance of adapting to the adverse impacts of climate change, in a manner that does not threaten food production,24 and making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development25 . _________________ 23 Article 2.1.a of the Paris Agreement. 24 Article 2.1.b of the Paris Agreement. 25 Article 2.1.c of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Union should aim to achieve a balance between anthropogenic economy- wide emissions and removals, through natural and technological solutions, of greenhouse gases domestically within the Union by 2050. The Union-wide 2050 climate-neutrality objective should be pursued by all Member States collectively, and the Member States, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take the necessary measures to enable its achievement. Measures at Union level will constitute an important part of the measures needed to achieve the objective.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Union should continue its climate action and international climate leadership after 2050nd, where necessary, turn the course of its action, in order to protect people, living systems and the planet against the threat of dangerous climate change, in pursuit of the 1,5 degrees temperature goals set out in the Paris Agreement and following the scientific recommendations of the IPCC.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In taking the relevant measures at Union and national level to achieve the climate-neutrality objective, Member States and the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take into account the contribution of the transition to climate neutrality to the well- being of citizens, the cost of irreversible change to ecosystems due to climate change and consequent degradation of ecosystem services, the prosperity of society and the competitiveness of the economy; energy and food security and affordability; the potential of the Union's land use sector to store carbon; fairness and solidarity across and within Member States considering their economic capability, national circumstances and the need for convergence over time; the need to make the transition just and socially fair; best available scientific evidence, in particular the findings reported by the IPCC; the need to integrate climate change related risks into investment and planning decisions; cost-effectiveness and technological neutrality in achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals and increasing resilience; progression over time in environmental integrity and level of ambition.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The transition to climate neutrality requires changes across the entire policy spectrum and a collective effort of all sectors of the economy and society, while all EU policies should as well contribute to preserving and restoring Europe’s natural capital , as illustrated by the Commission in its Communication ‘The European Green Deal’. The European Council, in its Conclusions of 12 December 2019, stated that all relevant Union legislation and policies need to be consistent with, and contribute to, the fulfilment of the climate- neutrality objective while respecting a level playing field, and invited the Commission to examine whether this requires an adjustment of the existing rules.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Climate-friendly expenditure applying throughout the MFF and the European Recovery Fund should be supporting among other sectors also the land-use sector, promoting green and climate-proof active land management, contributing to the goal of 3 billion trees planted in agricultural and urban areas, as well as helping to implement the restoration and strict protection goals of the Union.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Commission, in its Communication ‘The European Green Deal’, announced its intention to assess and make proposals for increasing the Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 to ensure its consistency with the climate-neutrality objective for 2050. In that Communication, the Commission underlined that all Union policies should contribute to the climate-neutrality objective and to preserving and restoring EU natural capital and that all sectors should play their part. By September 2020, the Commission should, based on a comprehensive impact assessment and taking into account its analysis of the integrated national energy and climate plans submitted to the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 , review the Union’s 2030 target for climate and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55 % emission reductions compared with 1990 levels. Where it considers necessary to amend the Union’s 2030 target, it should make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council to amend this Regulation as appropriate. In addition, the Commission should, by 30 June 2021, assess how the Union legislation implementing that target would need to be amended in order to achieve emission reductions of 50 to 55 % compared to 1990. _________________ 36Regulation (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 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)
Recital 17 b (new)
(17b) The ambition of the land use, land use change and forestry sector is set lower than what it has consistently been achieving over years. Regulation (EU) 2018/841 should therefore be amended by December 2021 to reflect the needed increased ambition, the existing potential of improved land use practices in all land use categories, and the restoration and strict protection targets of the Union. Land managers, who shall not be affected by the obligations of the Member States under the LULUCF Regulation, will be assisted where applicable by the incentive and compensation mechanisms under the MFF and European Recovery Fund.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In addition, the Commission has, in its Communication of 28 November of 2018 entitled ‘A Clean Planet for all: A European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate-neutral economy’, presented a vision for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the Union by 2050 through a socially-fair and cost-efficient transition. The EU should follow the pathway presented in the Communication and truly decarbonise, using only renewable energy sources that do not compete with material uses, do not disrupt competition and which do not deplete natural carbon sinks1a. _________________ 1aall scenarios of the Strategy counted with forests providing 60 to 65 MToE, not more- a level already reached.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Commission should ensure a robust and objective assessment based on the most up to date scientific, technical and socio-economic findings, and representative of a broad range of independent expertise, and base its assessment on relevant information including information submitted and reported by Member States, reports of the European Environment Agency, best available scientific evidence, including the reports of the IPCC and EASAC. Given that the Commission has committed to exploring how the EU taxonomy can be used in the context of the European Green Deal by the public sector, this should include information on environmentally sustainable investment, by the Union and Member States, consistent with Regulation (EU) 2020/… [Taxonomy Regulation] when such information becomes available. The Commission should use European statistics and data where available and seek expert scrutiny. The European Environment Agency should assist the Commission, as appropriate and in accordance with its annual work programme.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes a framework for the irreversible and gradual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and enhancement of removals by natural or other sinks in the Union.
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
This Regulation sets out a binding objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050 in pursuit of the long-term temperature goalgoal to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees set out in Article 2 of the Paris Agreement, and provides a framework for achieving progress in pursuit of the global adaptation goal established in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
This Regulation applies to anthropogenic emissions and removals by natural or other sinks of the greenhouse gases listed in Part 2 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Union should aim to achieve a balance between anthropogenic economy- wide emissions and removals, through natural and technological solutions, of greenhouse gases domestically within the Union by 2050. The Union-wide 2050 climate-neutrality objective should be pursued by all Member States collectively, and teach Member State should set out to achieve climate neutrality individually with the support of the Union. The Member States, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take the necessary measures to enable its achievement. Measures at Union level will constitute an important part of the measures needed to achieve the objective.
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Union should aim to achieve a balance between anthropogenic economy- wide emissions and removals, through natural and technological solutions, of greenhouse gases domestically within the Union by 2050. The Union-wide 2050 climate-neutrality objective should be pursued by all Member States collectively, and the Member States, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take the necessary measures to enable its achievement. Measures at Union level will constitute an important part of the measures needed to achieve the objective.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The Commission is exploring the development of a regulatory framework for the certification of carbon removals in accordance with its Circular Economy Action Plan and the Farm to Fork Strategy. The restoration of eco-systems and the development of a carbon removals market for land-based greenhouse gas sequestration would assist in restoring, maintaining and managing natural sinks and would promote biodiversity.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. By September 2020, the Commission shall review the Union’s 2030 target for climate referred to in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in light of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55% emission reductions compared to 1990. Where the Commission considers that it is necessary to amend that target, it shall make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council as appropriate.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. As a necessary complement to the emissions reduction target referred to in paragraph 3, and to ensure the achievement of the temperature goal set out in Article 1, the Commission shall propose by 30 December 2021, at Union and national level, a 2030 target for removals and carbon storage by natural sinks. This target shall take into account the restoration and strict protection targets of the Union and make use of EU Carbon Farming Programmes, eco-schemes and area-based and investment measures under Rural Development Programmes. The European Recovery Fund and Just Transition Fund shall also be geared towards supporting sustainable transition in the land use sector, as part of the climate spending.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Union should continue its climate action and international climate leadership after 2050, and where necessary, turn the course of its climate action, in order to protect people, living systems and the planet against the threat of dangerous climate change, in pursuit of the temperature goals set out in the Paris Agreement and following the scientific recommendations of the IPCC.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. By 30 June 2021, the Commission shall assess how the Union legislation implementing the Union’s 2030 target would need to be amended in order to enable the achievement of 50 to 55 % emission reductions compared to 1990 and increase in removals to achieve the climate- neutrality-objective set out in Article 2(1), and consider taking theadditional necessary measures, including the adoption of legislative proposals, including in the sphere of nature protection and restoration, in accordance with the Treaties.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In taking the relevant measures at Union and national level to achieve the climate-neutrality objective, Member States and the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take into account the contribution of the transition to climate neutrality to the well- being of citizens, the prosperity of society and the competitiveness of the economy; energy and food security and affordability; obligations and the needed increased ambition of the land use sector in storing carbon; fairness and solidarity across and within Member States considering their economic capability, national circumstances and the need for convergence over time; the need to make the transition just and socially fair; best available scientific evidence, in particular the findings reported by the IPCC; the need to integrate climate change related risks into investment and planning decisions; cost-effectiveness and technological neutrality in achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals and increasing resilience; progression over time in environmental integrity and level of ambition.
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Decarbonising the energy system is critical for climate neutrality, as well as for the EU’s recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and long-term prosperity. More sustainably sourced renewable energy will be essential to fight climate change and biodiversity loss. The EU should prioritise solutions such as ocean energy, offshore wind, which also allows for fish stock regeneration, solar-panel farms that provide biodiversity-friendly soil cover, and sustainable bioenergy. The use of whole trees and food and feed crops for energy production – whether produced in the EU or imported – should be minimised.1a _________________ 1a in its entirety this is a reading of the adopted Biodiversity Strategy. Bringing nature back into our lives (COM(2020) 380 final)
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) the cost of irreversible change in the climate system and ecosystems;
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) the need to ensure environmental effectiveness and progression over time and prevent irreversible damage to ecosystems;;
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) real potential of the EU land use, land use change and forestry sector to remove and store carbon, and the synergies with biodiversity goals;
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Commission should ensure a robust and objective assessment based on the most up to date scientific, technical and socio-economic findings, and representative of a broad range of independent expertise, and base its assessment on relevant information including information submitted and reported by Member States, reports of the European Environment Agency, best available scientific evidence, including the reports of the EASAC and the IPCC. Given that the Commission has committed to exploring how the EU taxonomy can be used in the context of the European Green Deal by the public sector, this should include information on environmentally sustainable investment, by the Union and Member States, consistent with Regulation (EU) 2020/… [Taxonomy Regulation] when such information becomes available. The Commission should use European statistics and data where available and seek expert scrutiny. The European Environment Agency should assist the Commission, as appropriate and in accordance with its annual work programme.
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes a framework for the irreversible and gradualpid reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and enhancement of removals by natural or other sinks in the Union.
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the consistency of national measures identified, on the basis of the National Energy and Climate Plans or the Biennial Progress Reports and Bioenergy Sustainability Report submitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as relevant for the achievementnd the CAP Strategic Plans submitted in accordance with the Regulation establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common Agricultural Policy, as relevant for the achievement of greenhouse gas emission reductions and the 2030 enhancement of natural sinks and of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) with that objective as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1);
Amendment 401 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
This Regulation sets out a binding objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050 in pursuit of the long-term temperature goalgoal to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C set out in Article 2 of the Paris Agreement, and provides a framework for achieving progress in pursuit of the global adaptation goal established in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
This Regulation applies to anthropogenic emissions and removals by natural or other sinks of the greenhouse gases listed in Part 2 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission finds, under due consideration of the collective progress assessed in accordance with Article 5(1), that a Member State’s measures are inconsistent with that objective as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, it mayshall issue recommendations to that Member State. The Commission shall make such recommendations publicly available.
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. Union-wide emissions and removals of greenhouse gases regulated in Union law shall be balanced at the latest by 2050, thus reducing emissions to net zero by that date and beyond. Each Member State shall seek to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 through the collective actions of the Union.
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. Union-wide emissions and removals of greenhouse gases regulated in Union law shall be balanced at the latest by 2050, thus reducing emissions to netnet fossil and biogenic emissions within the Union to zero by that date.
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant Union institutions and the Member States shall take the necessary measures at Union and national level respectively, to enable theMember State and collective achievement of the climate- neutrality objective set out in paragraph 1, taking into account the importance of promoting fairness and solidarity among Member States.
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – title
Article 10 – title
Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and Regulation 2018/841
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10a Amendments to Regulation(EU) 2018/841
Amendment 480 #
3. By September 2020, the Commission shall review the Union’s 2030 target for climate referred to in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in light of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55% emission reductions compared to 1990. Where the Commission considers that it is necessary to amend that target, it shall make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council as appropriate.
Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new) – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 a (new) – paragraph 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2018/841
Article 4
Article 4
Article 4 is replaced by the following: "For the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030, taking into account the flexibilities provided for in Articles 12 and13, each Member State shall ensure that emissions do not exceed removals, calculated as the sum of total emissions and total removals on its territory in all of the land accounting categories referred to in Article 2 combined, as accounted in accordance with this Regulation. and that balance for the period 2026-2030 is net removal and total removals on EU territory in all of the land accounting categories calculated as the sum of total emissions, as accounted in accordance with this Regulation. The Commission shall propose by December 2021 at both Union and national level an ambitious target of net removals for the period 2026-2030 and after, based in particular on the potential for carbon removals, in synergy with restoration and strict protection targets of the Union and make amendments to this Regulation.” (applies throughout the text) Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32018R0841&from=EN)
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new) – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 10 a (new) – paragraph 1 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2018/841
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
in Article 5, paragraph 4 is replaced by following: "Member States shall include in their accounts for each land accounting category any change in the carbon stock of the carbon pools listed in Section B of Annex I. Member States may choose not to include in their accounts changes in carbon stocks of carbon pools provided that the carbon pool is not a source. However, that option not to include changes in carbon stocks in the accounts shall not apply in relation to the carbon pools of aboveground biomass, dead wood and harvested wood products, in the land accounting category of managed forest land. and soil organic carbon in all the accounting categories." Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32018R0841&from=EN#d1e753-1-1)
Amendment 482 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new) – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 10 a (new) – paragraph 1 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2018/841
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
in Article 8, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "Where the result of the calculation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article is negative in relation to a Member State’s forest reference level, the Member State concerned shall include in its managed forest land accounts total net removals of no more than the equivalent of 3,5 % of the emissions of that Member State in its base year or period as specified in Annex III, multiplied by five. Net removals resulting from the carbon pools of dead wood and harvested wood products, except the category of paper as referred to in point (a) of Article 9(1), in the land accounting category of managed forest land shall not be subject to this limitation. and removals of all relevant carbon pools, including soil organic carbon, in the areas designated to fulfil the restoration and strict protection targets of the Union in the land accounting category of managed forest land shall not be subject to this limitation. " Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32018R0841&from=EN#d1e753-1-1)
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. As a necessary complement to the emissions reduction target referred to in paragraph 3, and to ensure the achievement of the temperature goal set out in Article 1, the Commission shall propose by 30 December 2021 at Union and national level a 2030 target for removals by natural sinks, taking into account the importance of promoting fairness and solidarity among Member States. This should take into account and make use of, for example, but not be limited to, the EU Nature restoration target, EU Carbon Farming Programmes of the Union, or improved rules of the CAP payments regarding sustainably managed peatlands and agroforestry systems.
Amendment 501 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. By 30 June 2021, the Commission shall assess how the Union legislation implementing the Union’s 2030 target would need to be amended in order to enable the achievement of 50 to 55 % emission reductions compared to 1990 and increase in removals to achieve the climate- neutrality-objective set out in Article 2(1), and consider taking theadditional necessary measures, including the adoption of legislative proposals, including in the sphere of nature protection and restoration, in accordance with the Treaties.
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Where the Commission considers it appropriate to develop a framework to certify greenhouse gas removals from land use, with a view of achieving climate neutrality by 2050, it shall make a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council to that effect, following a detailed impact assessment that is based on scientifically robust accounting methods.
Amendment 582 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(a a) the cost of irreversible change in the climate system and ecosystems
Amendment 670 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) the need to ensure environmental effectiveness and progression over time, and prevent irreversible damage to ecosystems;
Amendment 715 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
(ja) the need to protect human health from adverse effects related to climate change in general and in particular the need to ensure food security in that regard, with reference to Article 2.1 (b) of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 891 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the consistency of national measures identified, on the basis of the National Energy and Climate Plans or the Biennial Progress Reports submitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as relevant for the achievement of greenhouse gas emissions reductions and the 2030 enhancement of natural sinks and of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) with that objective as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1);
Amendment 925 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission finds, under due consideration of the collective progress assessed in accordance with Article 5(1), that a Member State’s measures are inconsistent with that objective as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, it mayshall issue recommendations to that Member State. The Commission shall make such recommendations publicly available.
Amendment 1087 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Amendment 1088 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 b (new)
Article 10 b (new)
Article 10b Amendments to Directive (EU) 2018/2001 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 29, paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: “ Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall meet the following criteria to minimise the risk of using forest biomass derived from unsustainable production: (a) the biomass use is in line with the cascading use principle and respects waste hierarchy (b) the biomass does not constitute stemwood and whole trees, pellet and wood chip form included (c) the carbon parity payback time for the fuel is shorter than 20 years When criteria referred to in point (a) (b) and (c) of this paragraph are not fulfilled, the biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass shall not be taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1. Biomass from short rotation coppice is not subject to the criterion (b) laid down in the first sub-paragraph. Member States with higher portion than 65% of the area forested can to a limited extent use for purposes referred to in point (a) (b) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels which do not satisfy the criteria referred to in points (a), (b) and (c), provided that the forest biomass was produced from their territory.”