[ParlTrack]

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Emma WIESNER, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) Tackling climate and environmental-related challenges and reaching the objectives of the Paris Agreement are at the core of the Communication on ’The European Green Deal’, adopted by the Commission on 11 December 201928 . The necessity and value of the European Green Deal ~~have only grown~~became even more evident in light of the very severe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and ~~economic~~ well-being of the Union’s citizens. __________________ 28 COM(2019)640 final.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) In Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 , the Union has enshrined the target of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050 in legislation. That Regulation also establishes a binding Union commitment to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by at least 55 % below 1990 levels by 2030. All sectors of the economy are expected to contribute to achieving that target, including the land use, land use change and forestry sector. The contribution of net removals to the 2030 Union climate target is limited to 225 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. In the context of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, the Commission reaffirmed in a corresponding statement its intention to propose aThe contribution of net removals to the 2030 Union climate target is limited to 225 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in order to ensure that climate change mitigation and decarbonisation efforts of emitting sectors are fully exploited. At the same time, an urgent need to improve resilience of the ecosystems to climate change, weather extremes and water stress, a need for their increased carbon sequestration and storage, and for safeguarding their cooling effect and cloud formation effect as well, is apparent. A revision of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council31 , ~~in line~~ with the ambition to increase net carbon removals to levels well above 3400 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in the land use, land use change and forestry sector by 2030 is therefore proposed. __________________ 30Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).’. 31 Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1).

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
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~~of the Union leading to carbon neutrality in 2050, binding annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be set out for each Member State 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 4310 millions of tonnes CO2 equivalent of net removals for the Union as a whole in 2030. The methodology used to establish the 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~~strengthened monitoring and improved and harmonised sampling protocol, as well as needed mitigation performance and resilience of the land use, land use change and forestry sector, and each Member State’s share of the managed land area in the Union and the natural capacity of the respective biomes and their carbon pools to sequester and store carbon, taking into account the capacity of that Member State to improve its performance in the sector via restoration, land management practices or changes in land use that benefit the climate and biodiversity, in particular an increased structural and compositional diversity. __________________ 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).

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) Mapping and monitoring provisions, both in field and remote sensing monitoring, are introduced in order to require Member States to have geographically explicit information to identify priority areas to contribute to climate action and having potential to be restored. As part of a general improvement of monitoring, reporting and verification, the work will also focus on harmonising and refining databases of activity and emissions factors to improve greenhouse gas inventories.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)

(5b) Soil organic carbon and carbon pool of deadwood, much of which consequently feeds the soil carbon pool are of particularly high relevance, in a number of reporting categories, for both climate action and biodiversity protection. Empirical evidence exists on deadwood in form of coarse woody debris acting as a carbon sink analogous to harvested wood products. It contributes further to creation of terrestrial carbon sink of forest soil preventing mineralisation into CO2 and both of these mechanisms should be adequately factored in the reporting. Research further confirms the global patterns reported for forest soils’ vertical soil organic carbon applicability for European forests, whereby approximately 55–65% is stored in the upper 30 cm of soil, and the rest 40% is stored at higher depth, measured up to 1 m, in particular for organic soils. The Regulation is amended in this respect.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) The binding 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 States corresponding to the effect of the change in methodology on the targets ~~and~~. At the same time, the efforts of the Member State to achieve the~~m, in order to respect~~ targets, including by increased restoration activity, and improved field monitoring and more precise accounting for certain carbon pools should be incentivized, with due respect paid to environmental integrity.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
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. 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~~Emissions released after instantaneous oxidisation of biogenic carbon do not have a price. This could lead to an unoptimal use of the carbon pool of aboveground biomass and such should be disincentivised as it is an unsustainable way to go in the sector which represents the biosphere. The emerging innovative business models, farming an, restoration initiatives, proforestation, and other human-induced land management practices and choices 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.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals~~, individual farm~~ beyond the Union 2030 target, individual farmers, land and forest owners or forest managers ~~need a~~should benefit from direct incentives to store more carbon and amplify environmental outcomes 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. ~~Such incentives and~~Uptake of nature-based solutions and sustainable 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~~the harvested wood products category should be ~~introduc~~established ion ~~addition to the harvested wood product~~the basis of scientific evidence and should include durable products with clear long life spans. 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.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
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 national binding targets, ~~a range of~~certain flexibilities should remain at the disposal of the Member States, including trading surpluses and the extension of forest-specific flexibilities, while respecting the 'do no significant harm' principle and the environmental integrity of the targets.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) Discontinuing the current accounting rules after 2025 creates a need for alternative provisions for natural disturbances such as fire, pest, and storms, in order to address uncertainties due to natural processes or as a result of climate change in the land use, land use change and forestry sector. A flexibility mechanism linked to natural disturbances should be available to Member States in 2032, provided that they have exhausted all other flexibilities at their disposal, put in place appropriate measures to ~~reduc~~minimize the vulnerability of their land to such disturbances ~~and that the achievement by the Union of the 2030 target for the land use, land use change and forestry sector is completed~~, submitted sufficient evidence proving that the positive result is directly linked to the impact of natural disturbances in their territory and provided that the achievement by the Union of the 2030 target for the land use, land use change and forestry sector is completed. The Commission should be allowed to reject evidence from a Member State that is unreliable, or to request more evidence from a Member State.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) With the setting of binding national annual targets 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. At the same time avoided emissions based on conscious choice of protection of high longevity and density of carbon stock of natural ecosystems should be incentivised. Penalty should therefore not be applied where a Member State is on track to reach its nature protection and restoration targets, where strict protection of respective fraction of protected sites is effectively enforced, where there is non- regression in the conservation status of high-carbon stock habitats prioritised for restoration and where a positive trend in this respect has been observed within the nature protection framework.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 concerning the setting out of the annual target allocations for Member States, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should besupplement Regulation (EU) 2018/841, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of setting out of the annual target allocations for Member States. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at exper~~cised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 . __________________ 37 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of~~t level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201636a. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and of the Council ~~of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member State~~receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of ~~the~~ Commission’s exper~~cise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2~~t groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. __________________ 36a OJ L 123, 12.5.20116, p. 13).

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) Due to the change to reporting- based targets, the greenhouse gas emissions and removals need to be estimated and measured with a higher level of accuracy. Moreover, the Communication from the Commission on EU Biodiversity Strategy for 203038 , the Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system39 , the EU Forest Strategy40 , the revised Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council41 and the Communication from the Commission on Forging a climate-resilient Europe - the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change42 will all require enhanced monitoring of land, thereby helping to protect and enhance the resilience of nature-based carbon removals throughout the Union. The monitoring and reporting of emissions and removals needs to be upgraded, using advanced technologies available under Union programmes, such as Copernicus, ~~and digital data collected under the Common Agricultural Policy, applying the twin transition of green and digital innovation~~LUCAS soil survey for Union-wide harmonised monitoring of the evolution in soil organic carbon content and carbon stocks, National Forest Inventories with frequent return on pertinent climate- related and biodiversity indicators, and digital data collected under the Common Agricultural Policy, applying the twin transition of green and digital innovation. Highlighting biodiversity issues in the review of the Regulation (EU) 2018/841 constitutes a concrete signal for Member States to seize the opportunity for synergies between Union climate and biodiversity policies. This would benefit other policies, including agriculture, and would improve policy coherence as committed in the European Green Deal. __________________ 38Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 - Bringing nature back into our lives (COM(2020) 380 final). 39 COM/2020/381 final. 40 […] 41Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82). 42 COM/2021/82 final.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) Due to the change to reporting- based targets, the greenhouse gas emissions and removals need to be estimated with a higher level of accuracy. Moreover, the Communication from the Commission on EU Biodiversity Strategy for 203038 , the Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system39 , the EU Soil Strategy39a, the EU Forest Strategy40 , the revised Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council41 and the Communication from the Commission on Forging a climate-resilient Europe - the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change42 will all require enhanced monitoring of land, thereby helping to protect and enhance the resilience of nature-based carbon removals throughout the Union. The satellite and on-site monitoring and reporting of emissions and removals needs to be upgraded, making full use of already existing tools such as LUCAS statistical surveys, using advanced technologies available under Union programmes, such as Copernicus, and digital data collected under the Common Agricultural Policy, applying the twin transition of green and digital innovation. __________________ 38 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 - Bringing nature back into our lives (COM(2020) 380 final). 39 COM/2020/381 final. 39a Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions EU Soil Strategy for 2030- Reaping the benefits of healthy soils for people, food, nature and climate (COM/2021/699 final). 40 […] 41Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82). 42 COM/2021/82 final.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) The expected anthropogenic changes to marine, coastal and freshwaters environment use though, for instance, planned expansion of offshore energy, potential increase in aquaculture production and the increasing levels of nature protection to meet the EU Biodiversity Strategy targets will influence greenhouse gas emissions and their sequestration. Currently these emissions and removals are not included in the standard reporting tables to the UNFCCC. Subsequently to the adoption of the reporting methodology, the Commission will consider reporting on the progress, feasibility of analysis and impact of extending the reporting to marine, coastal, including deltaic wetlands, and freshwater environment based on the latest scientific evidence of these fluxes when carrying out the review in accordance with Article 17(2) of this Regulation.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

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

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
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 2030, and sub-targets related to cropland, grasslands and wetlands to ensure that they contribute to the climate- neutrality target;

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

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

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

(d) targets for net greenhouse gas removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector for Member States for the period from 2026 to 2030, and sub- targets related to cropland, grasslands and wetlands, taking into account national conditions and specificities;

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

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

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g

~~(g) harvested wood products;~~deleted

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

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

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

2. The 2030 Union target for net greenhouse gas removals is 4310 million tonnes CO2 equivalent as a sum of the Member States 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.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK

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

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

3. The Commission shall adopt ~~implementing acts~~delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to supplement this Regulation by setting out the annual targets based on the linear trajectory for net greenhouse gas removals for each Member State, for each year in the period from 2026 to 2029 in terms of tonnes CO2 equivalent. These national trajectories shall be based on the average greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, reported by each Member State. The value of the 4310 million tonnes CO2 equivalent net removals as a sum of the targets for Member States set out in Annex IIa, which themselves shall be subject to a correction reflecting the natural capacity of the respective biomes and their carbon pools to sequester and store carbon, as well 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~~delegated acts. For the purpose of those ~~implementing~~delegated 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 and make use of the refined methodology relevant for various carbon pools pursuant to Art. 5(4) of this Regulation.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK

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

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

~~Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 16a.~~deleted

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Emma WIESNER, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)

(3a) in Article 5, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Each Member State shall prepare and maintain accounts that accurately reflect the emissions and removals resulting from the land accounting categories referred to in Article 2. Member States shall ensure that their accounts and other data provided under this Regulation are accurate, complete, consistent, publicly accessible, comparable and transparent. Member States shall denote emissions by a positive sign (+) and removals by a negative sign (- ). Or. en (32018R0841, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R0841&rid=1)

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 5 – paragraph 4

(3a) In Article 5, paragraph 4 is amended as follows: ’Member States shall include in their accounts for each land accounting and land reporting 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~~, both when that 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 above-ground biomass, dead wood and harvested wood products, in the land accounting category of managed forest land. or a removal.’ Or. en (Regulation (EU) 2018/841)

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 5 – paragraph 4

(3c) in Article 5, paragraph 4 is replaced by the 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 above- ground biomass, mineral and organic soil carbon, dead wood and harvested wood products, in the land accounting category of managed forest land. Or. en (Regulation (EU) 2018/841 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R0841&rid=1)

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 5– paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

In Article 5, paragraph 4 the following subparagraph 1a is inserted: “No later than one year after [the entry into force of this amending Regulation], the Commission shall adopt a delegated act setting recalibrated value of carbon stock of the main categories of primary and old-growth forests of the Union in the category of managed forest land based on the measured data. The Commission shall use datasets provided by finalized or currently running research projects for relevant primary and old-growth forest types and shall use other Union instruments to finance the projects for forest types with data gaps. If relevant, a specialized call under Horizon Mission related to climate change mitigation and adaptation may be created for this purpose.”

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)

Regulation 2018/841
Article 5 – paragraphs 4a and 4b (new)

3 a. In Article 5 the following paragraphs are inserted: “4a. Data collection shall be further strengthened by harmonised monitoring at Union level of the evolution in the organic carbon content of soil, the sampling protocol shall be refined and minimal depth of soil carbon sampled shall be at least 30 cm for mineral soils and at least 60 cm for organic soils at least for the categories of forest land, cropland, wetland and grassland, by means of annual LUCAS surveys conducted by the relevant services of the European Commission.” 4b. Data collection shall be further strengthened by harmonised Union-wide monitoring framework based on the national forest inventories, by means of annual return of site-specific deadwood data. The role of deadwood acting as a carbon sink aboveground, and later contributing to creation of soil carbon thus preventing mineralisation into CO2 shall be appropriately factored in when reporting on strength of this sink.”

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)

(3b) in Article 5, the following paragraph is inserted: ‘5 a. Data collection shall be further strengthened by Union-wide harmonised monitoring of the evolution in the organic carbon content of soil and factors which impact soil conditions and carbon stocks in soil, by means of annual LUCAS surveys conducted by the relevant services of the European Commission.’

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 9 – title

~~(a) the title is replaced by the following: Carbon storage products;~~deleted

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 9 – paragraph 2

~~(b) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 2.~~ 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 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 ensuring environmental integrity.;The Commission shall adopt

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) in order to comply with the commitments and targets in Article 4, the managed forest land flexibility set out in Articles 13 and the flexibility regarding natural disturbances set out in Article 13b.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Emma WIESNER, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall submit evidence to the Commission concerning the impact of natural disturbances calculated pursuant to Annex VI in order to be eligible for compensation of remaining sinks accounted for as emissions against its forest reference level, up to the full amount of unused compensation by other Member States set out in Annex VII for the period from 2021 to 2025. In case the demand for compensation exceeds the amount of unused compensation available, the compensation shall be distributed proportionally among the Member States concerned.’; The Commission shall make the evidence submitted by the Member States publicly available.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – title

~~Land use~~Natural disturbances flexibility mechanism for the period 2026 to 2030

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 1

1. A ~~land use flexibility~~natural disturbances mechanism corresponding to a quantity of up to 178 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent shall be established in the Union Registry established pursuant to Article 40 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1999, subject to the fulfilment of the Union target referred to in Article 4(2). The natural disturbances flexibility ~~mechanism~~ shall be available in addition to the flexibilities provided for in Article 12.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point –a (new)

(-a) the Member State has provided the Commission with sufficient evidence that the excess emissions are directly linked to the impact of natural disturbances; the Commission may reject the evidence submitted by the Member State if, after checking information received from the Member State, it deems it is insufficiently justified or disproportionate;

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Emma WIESNER, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 5

5. Member States shall submit evidence to the Commission concerning the impact of natural disturbances calculated pursuant to Annex VI, in order to be eligible for compensation of remaining sinks accounted for as emissions against the target of a Member State concerned set out in Annex IIa, up to the full amount of unused compensation by other Member States set out in Annex VII for the period from 2026 to 2030. The Commission shall make the evidence submitted by the Member States publicly available. In case the demand for compensation exceeds the amount of unused compensation available, the compensation shall be distributed proportionally among the Member States concerned.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 c – paragraph 2 a (new)

A Member State whose ratio of use of woody biomass for harvested wood products with carbon storage potential to biomass use for energy is worse than 2:1 shall not benefit from a derogation referenced in the previous subparagraph. That Member State shall as well be subject to a financial penalty of [applicable carbon price] per tonne of CO2 equivalent in excess of the annual national target in the given year, in addition to 108% of the gap between the assigned target and the net removals reported in the given year, being added to the greenhouse gas emission figure reported in the subsequent year by the Member State.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 c – paragraph 2 a (new)

By derogation from the previous paragraph, the multiplication factor and any other penalty is not applied in case a Member State has effectively enforced the strict protection targets and is on track to fulfil its nature restoration obligations, in order to incentivise the avoided emission pathways in the LULUCF sector by protection and restoration of high-carbon stock ecosystems.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a

(a) the policies and measures regarding trade-offs, including how the measures taken to meet the Member States national targets have taken into consideration the 'do no significant harm' principle in relation to other Union environmental objectives;

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)

The compliance report shall be based on annual datasets obtained from LUCAS surveys and national or regional soil monitoring systems.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 15 a (new)

(16a) The following Article 15a is inserted: 'Article 15a Access to justice 1. Member States shall ensure that, in accordance with their national legal system, members of the public concerned who meet the conditions set out in paragraph 2 have access to a review procedure before a court of law, or another independent and impartial body established by law, to challenge failure to comply with the legal obligations provided for in Articles 4 to10. 2. Members of the public concerned shall be deemed to meet the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 when: (a) they have sufficient interest; or (b) they allege impairment of a right, where administrative procedural law of a Member State requires that as a precondition. What constitutes a sufficient interest shall be determined by Member States, consistently with the objective of giving the members of the public concerned wide access to justice and in conformity with the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. To that end, the interest of any non- governmental organisation promoting environmental protection and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed to have sufficient interest for the purposes of this paragraph. 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not exclude the possibility of being able to have recourse to a preliminary review procedure before an administrative authority and shall not affect the requirement to exhaust administrative review procedures prior to having recourse to judicial review procedures, where such a requirement exists under national law. Any such procedure shall be fair, equitable, timely and not prohibitively expensive. 4. Member States shall ensure that practical information is made easily available to the public on access to administrative and judicial review procedures.’

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK

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

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

Following the report, the Commission shall make legislative proposals where it deems it appropriate. In particular, the proposals shall set out annual targets, sub-targets and governance aiming towards the 2035 Member States' climate-neutrality ~~target~~ as laid down in Article 4(4), additional Union policies and measures, and a post-2035 framework, including in the scope of the Regulation greenhouse gas emissions and removals from additional sectors, such as ~~the marine and freshwater environment.;~~freshwater and marine environment, including coastal ecosystems. Where appropriate, the Commission's proposals shall cover updating the methodologies for data collection, monitoring and reporting in the LULUCF sector, in particular concerning soils in the Union as announced under the New EU Soil Strategy for 2030.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

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

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

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

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c

Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 38 – paragraph 4

Upon completion of the comprehensive review carried out pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission shall~~, by means of implementing acts,~~ adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 43, supplementing this Regulation by determineing the total sum of emissions for the relevant years arising from the corrected inventory data for each Member State split between emission data relevant for Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 and emission data referred to in Part 1, point (c), of Annex V to this Regulation, and determine the total sum of emissions and removals relevant for Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/841.;

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK