52 Amendments of Ville NIINISTÖ related to 2021/0201(COD)
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) entered into force in November 2016 (“the Paris Agreement”). Its Parties have agreed to holdBy adopting the Glasgow Climate Pact, its Parties recognised that limiting the increase in the global average temperature well below 2to 1,5 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C above pre-industrial levelswould significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change, and committed to strengthen their 2030 targets by the end of 2022 to close the ambition gap.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 , the Union has enshrined the target of achieving an economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050, i.e. a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gas emissions within the Union by 2050 at the latest 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 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 above 300 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in the land use, land use change and forestry sector by 2030. __________________ 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).’. 31Regulation (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)When implementing the 2030 Union climate target, the relevant Union institutions and Member States also committed to prioritising swift and predictable emissions reductions and, at the same time, enhancing removals by natural sinks. In order to ensure that sufficient mitigation efforts are deployed by emitting sectors until 2030, the contribution of net removals to the 2030 Union climate target has been limited to 225 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, without prejudice to the objective of enhancing its net carbon sink beyond that level in 2030 in view of achieving climate- neutrality by 2050 at the latest. __________________ 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).’.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to contribute to the increased ambition to reduce greenhouse gas net emissions from at least 40 % to at least 55 % below 1990 levelsensure that the LULUCF sector makes a sustainable and predictable long-term contribution to the Union’s climate-neutrality objective, 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 inLULUCF sector in the period up to at least 2050, starting with 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 31n intermediary target of at least 490 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 mitigation performance of the land use, land use change and forestry sector, and each Member State’s share of the managed land area in the Union, taking into account the capacity of that Member State to improve its performance in the sector via land management practices or changes in land use that benefit the climate and biodiversity. __________________ 32Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26).
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
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, subject to independent scientific review. A technical correction should be added to the target of that Member State corresponding to the effect of the change inimproved accuracy in the methodology on the targets and the efforts of the Member State to achieve them, in order to respect environmental integrity.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Communication of 17 September 2020 on Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition33 outlined andifferent pathways and policy options to combine agriculture non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions with land use, land use change and forestry net removals, thus creating a newly regulated land sector. Such combination can promote synergies between land-based mitigation actions and enable more intereach the Union's increased 2030 climate target. It stressed that reaching climate neutrality will require Union action to be significantly stepped up in all sectors of the economy. Progress in one sector cannot compensate for the lack of progress in other sectors. Moreover, removals of greenhouse gases by natural carbon sinks are fragile and potentially reversible, which leads to increased uncertainty in measuring emissions and removals in the land sector compared to other sectors. The risk of reversal of removals by natural carbon sinks is further aggravated policymaking and policy implementation at natby climate change. Climate science also shows that the climate response to emissionals and Union level. To this end, the obligation for Member States to submit integrated mitigation plans for the land sector should be reinforced. __________________ 33 COM(2020) 562 finalremovals is asymmetrical, meaning that one tonne of greenhouse gas emitted to the atmosphere cannot be compared to one tonne of greenhouse gas removed33a. Therefore the objective of enhancing removals by natural carbon sinks should be pursued strictly separately from the objective of rapidly and drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions from other sectors, including non-CO2 agricultural emissions. __________________ 33 COM(2020) 562 final. 33a Zickfeld K., Azevedo D., Mathesius S. et al. Asymmetry in the climate–carbon cycle response to positive and negative CO2 emissions. Nature Climate Change 11, 613–617 (2021).
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) (8) The landLULUCF sector has the potential to become rapidly climate-neutral by 2035 in a cost-effective manner, and subsequently generate more greenhouse gas removals than emissions. A collective commitment aiming to achieve climate-neutrality in the land sector in 2035 at EU level can provide the needed planning certainty to drive land-based mitigation action in the short term, considering that it can take many years for such action to deliver the desired mitigation outcomes. Moresubstantially increase the amount of net-removals in a cost-effective manner both in the short and longer term. However, realising such potential requires a clear vision to be set out and concrete action to be stepped up already over, the land sector is projected to become the largest sector in the EU greenhouse gas flux profile in 2050. It is therefore particularly important to anchor that sector to a trajectory that can effectively deliver net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050coming decade, otherwise the changes required after 2030 would have to happen unrealistically fast. By mid-2024, the Member States should submit their updated integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . The plans should include relevant measures by which each Member State best contributes to the collobjective target of climate neutrality in the land sector at EU level in 2035. On the basis of these plans, the Commission should propose national targets, ensuring thatof ensuring a sustainable and predictable long-term contribution of natural carbon sinks to the Union’s climate-neutrality objective by 2050 at the latest. On the basis of these plans, and after taking into account the advice of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change and the Union-wide greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector and the emissions from the agriculture non- CO2 sectorbudget set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, the Commission should propose Union and Member States targets for net greenhouse gas are at least balanced by 2035. Contrary to the EU level target of climate neutrality for the land sector by 2035, smovals from the LULUCF sector for 2035, 2040, 2045 and 2050. Such national targets will be binding and enforceable on each Member State. __________________ 34Regulation (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 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or forest managers need a direct should be allowed to benefit from incentives to store more carbon on their land and their forests. New business models based on carbon farming incen while ensuring the protection of biodiversity and other societal co-benefits, through the promotion of ecosystem-based approaches and biodiversity-friendly practivces 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. Public funding under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and other Union programs, such as –LIFE, the Cohesion Funds, Horizon Europe, the Recovery and Resilience Fund, the Just Transition Fund, can already support ecosystem- based approaches in forests and agricultural lands and should be increased. Such incentives should also enhance climate mitigation in a fully circular and sustainably sourced bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products, iIn full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of carbon storage products should be introduced . They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling addition to the harvested wood products. The emerging business models,nd upskilling. In line with the increased ambition in the LULUCF sector, additional public support should be provided to individual farmingers and landforest management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced trs for implementing ecosystem-based approaches and biodiverrsitorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskillingy-friendly practices on their land according to common rules provided by the Commission, by using public revenues generated from the auctioning of Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) allowances.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The Commission Communication on Sustainable Carbon Cycles1a emphasises that carbon removals must be accounted in a transparent way and by considering criteria such as the duration of the storage and the risk of reversal. Emissions and removal should not be treated as tonne-for-tonne equivalent and emitting companies should not be allowed to use removal offsets as a means to avoid carbon pricing or emissions cuts. __________________ 1a Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council of 15 December 2021 - Sustainable Carbon Cycles (COM(2021) 800 final).
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) In line with the Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan, the Union should significantly reduce its total waste generation. Short-lived woody biomass products such as textiles, chemicals and packaging bring no climate benefits or can be even harmful to climate and environment. No new carbon storage categories for such products should therefore be created in LULUCF, which aims at enhancing carbon sinks and storage.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 c (new)
Recital 10 c (new)
(10c) Scientists have warned that bioenergy based on woody biomass is not carbon neutral and that large-scale use of wood-based bioenergy endangers the United Nation’s climate goals by increasing atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide for long periods of time. Union policies should recognise that releasing emissions into the atmosphere due to removing forest carbon for bioenergy is not compatible with the climate goals. The time needed for forest regrowth so that forests could reabsorb emissions caused by bioenergy production goes far beyond the time available to halt climate change. It is therefore necessary to be critical also of the potential of carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technologies that are connected to the production and consumption of bioenergy
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title
Title
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) 2018/841 as regards the scope, simplifying the reporting and compliance rules, and setting out the targets of the Member States for 2030 and committing to the collective achievement of climate neutrality by 2035 in throm 2026 onwards for the land use, land use change land use, forestry and agriculture sector, and (EU) 2018/1999 as regards improvement in monitoring, reporting, tracking of progress and review (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) As outlined in the EU Forest Strategy for 20301a, climate change threatens our forests. Acknowledging further that monoculture plantation forests are particularly vulnerable for diseases, pests and other natural disasters, the Union should urgently favour ecosystem-based management approaches, which strengthen the resilience of the Union’s forests, and biodiversity-friendly forest management practices, which also answer to the socio- economic needs as well as environmental functions of the forests. __________________ 1a Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 (COM(2021) 572 final).
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
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 and have demonstrated that the remaining surplus is directly linked to the impact of natural disturbances, put in place appropriate measures to enhance natural carbon sinks in a way that contributes to enhancing biodiversity, reduced 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.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
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: a financial penalty of EUR 375 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 will bebeing added to the greenhouse gas emission figure reported in the subsequent year by the Member State.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementaspecify the requirements set out in this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 concerning theEuropean Union should be delegated to the Commission to supplement this Regulation in respect of setting out of the annual target allocations for Member States, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 . __________________ 37 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying for the LULUCF sector as well as the method for determination of the technical correction to be added to the targets of the Member States and for the independent expert review, specifying common rules and methodologies to ensure that measures taken to meet the Member States national targets do not significantly harm other Union environmental objectives, specifying common criteria for the selection of projects to support land managers implementing ecosystem-based approaches in forests and agricultural land, and setting out the means for collecting excess premiums. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of theInterinstitutional 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 the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission’s expercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2t groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. __________________ 36a OJ L 123, 12.5.20116, p. 13).
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a Union target for net greenhouse gas removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector for the period from 2026 to 2030, including a sub-target for reaching a balance at Union level between emissions and removals from cropland, grassland and wetlands by 2030 and achieving negative emissions in those categories thereafter;
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(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, including sub-targets concerning cropland, grassland and wetlands;
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) commitments of the relevant Union institutions and Member States to take the necessary measures for enhancing net greenhouse gas removals in the LULUCF sector from 2031 and onwards so as to contribute to Article 5(1) of the Paris Agreement and ensure a sustainable and predictable long-term contribution of natural sinks to the Union’s climate-neutrality objective by 2050 at the latest and to achieving negative emissions thereafter, as set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119;
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. This Regulation also applies to emissions and removals of the greenhouse gases listed in Section A of Annex I, reported pursuant to Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and occurring on the territories of Member States in the period from 2026 to 2030onwards, in any of the following land reporting categories and/or sectors:
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The 2030 Union target for net greenhouse gas removals is 31at least 490 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. To contribute to that target, emissions and removals of greenhouse gases from cropland, grassland and wetlands shall be balanced at Union level by 2030, and reach negative levels thereafter.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annual targetsdelegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to supplement this Regulation by setting out the annual targets for the LULUCF sector, including annual sub-targets for cropland, grassland and wetlands, 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 31at least 490 million tonnes CO2 equivalent net removals as a sum of the targets for Member States set out in Annex IIa may be subject to a technical correction due to a change of methodology by Member States, subject to independent expert review confirming the necessity and proportionality of the technical correction based on the improved accuracy of the data monitored and reported. The method for determination of the technical correction to be added to the targets of the Member States, and for the independent expert review shall be set out in these implementingdelegated acts. For the purpose of those implementingdelegated acts, the Commission shall carry out a comprehensive review of the most recent national inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall ensure that measures taken to meet their national targets as referred to in paragraph 2 do not significantly harm other Union environmental objectives, in particular Union biodiversity objectives as set out in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and in the relevant legislation, within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to supplement this Regulation by specifying common rules and methodologies to achieve the objective set out in this paragraph, including minimum criteria for the inclusion of biodiversity monitoring in National Forest Inventories or other land monitoring systems.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 9 – title
Article 9 – title
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the Member State has included in its strategy submitted in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of forest sinks and reservoirs; in a way that contributes to enhancing biodiversity, and to reduce the vulnerability of the land to natural disturbances; and
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) there is a positive trend in relation to the Member State and its conservation of habitats under Council Directive 92/43/EEC1a and Directive2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1b; __________________ 1aCouncil Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7). 1bDirective 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild bird (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7).
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 13 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) Finland included in its strategy submitted in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of forest sinks and reservoirs in a way that contributes to enhancing biodiversity, and to reduce the vulnerability of the land to natural disturbances;
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 13 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) there is a positive trend in relation to Finland concerning the conservation of habitats under Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC;
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Highlights that the Union is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG) from drained peatlands globally, corresponding to around 5% of the official Union greenhouse gas emissions total per year; highlights the urgent need to phase out the use of peat in horticulture (vegetable gardening, plant breeding, professional as well as con- professional use) and in combustion for energy generation or heating. In order to ensure the reduction of peatland-related emissions, an Union-wide ban on peat extraction as soon as possible, excluding peat extraction for certain limited use such as medical or scientific purposes could play a vital role; considers that restoration of peatlands is a cost-effective approach to biodiversity restoration as well as climate change mitigation and adaption, and highlights the importance of ecosystem-based solutions; calls for a European Wetland and Peatland Strategy which should provide a basis for coherent peat- and wetland management and policymaking.
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – title
Article 13 b – title
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 1
Article 13 b – paragraph 1
1. A land use flexibilnatural disturbances solidarity mechanism corresponding to a quantity of up to 1789 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 flexibilitynatural disturbances mechanism shall be available in addition to the flexibilities provided for in Article 12.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Where, in the period from 2026 to 2030, the result of the calculation referred to in paragraph 2 is positive, the Member State concerned shall be entitled to compensate the excess emissionsmay use the natural disturbances solidarity mechanism set out in this Article provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point –a (new)
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point –a (new)
(-a) the Member State has demonstrated [RSS1] that the positive result is directly linked to the impact of natural disturbances. The Commission may reject the evidence submitted by the Member State if it deems it is insufficiently justified or disproportionate;
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) there is a positive trend in relation to the Member State concerning the conservation status of habitats under Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC;
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) the difference in the Union between the annual sum of all greenhouse gas emissions and removals on its territory and in all of the land reporting categories referred to in Article 2(2), points (a) to (j), and the Union target [of 31at least 490 million tonnes CO2 equivalent of net removals] is negative, in the period from 2026 to 2030.
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 c – paragraph 1
Article 13 c – paragraph 1
If, as a result of the comprehensive review carried out by the Commission in 2032 pursuant to Article 14(2), the Commission finds that the reviewed greenhouse gas emissions and removals of a Member State in 2032 exceed the annual targets of that Member State for any specific year of the period 2026 to 2030, taking into account the flexibilities used pursuant to Articles 12 and 13b, the following measures shall apply:
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 c – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
Article 13 c – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
(a) the Commission shall impose, in any relevant year of the period from 2026 to 2030, an excess premium on that Member State equivalent to the amount in tonnes of CO2 equivalent of the sum of greenhouse gas emissions and removals in excess of the limit established by the linear trajectory set out pursuant to Article 4(3) multiplied by EUR 375;
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 c – paragraph 2
Article 13 c – paragraph 2
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a (new)
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, no later than six months after […]each global stocktake agreed under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, on the operation of this Regulation, including, where relevant, an assessment of the impacts of the flexibilities referred to in Article 11, as well as on the contribution of this Regulation to the Union’s overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and its contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement, in particular with regard to the need for additional Union policies and measures, in view of the necessary increase in greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals in the Union on the necessary increase in greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals in the Union, as well as on the contribution of this Regulation to the Union’s climate neutrality objective and intermediary climate targets set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, to the goals of the Paris Agreement. The report shall assess in particular the need for additional Union policies and measures, in particular taking into account any future improvement of the monitoring, data collection and reporting system concerning forests in the Union as announced under the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030, and in view of the necessary increase in greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals in the Union. The report shall take into account the best available and most recent scientific evidence, including the latest reports of the IPCC, IPBES and of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
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 downdditional Union policies and measures to achieve the post-2030 LULUCF targets referred to in Article 4(43), additional Union policies and measures, and a post-2035 framework, including innd extend the scope of theis Regulation to include greenhouse gas emissions and removals from additional sectors, such as the marine and freshwater environment.;the marine, coastal and freshwater ecosystems, based on robust scientific methodologies, and to set additional net removals targets for those ecosystems.
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1 – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1 – point ii
the Member State’s commitments and national targets for net greenhouse gas removals pursuant to Article 4(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 and its contributions aim towards reaching the Union objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2035 and achieving negative emissions thereafter pursuant to Article 4(4) of that Regulation;;
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1
Annex II – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Annex II a
Annex II a
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 c
Article 13 c
Article 13c Governance of the targets If, as a result of the comprehensive review carried out by the Commission in 2032 pursuant to Article 14(2), the Commission finds that the reviewed greenhouse gas emissions and removals from cropland, grassland and wetlands of a Member State in 2032 exceed the annual targets of that Member State for those land categories for any specific year of the period 2026 to 2030, taking into account the flexibilities used pursuant to Articles 12 and 13b, the following measure shall apply: Ahe following measures shall apply: (a) the Commission shall impose, in any relevant year of the period from 2026 to 2030, an excess premium on that Member State equivalent to the amount in tonnes of CO2 equivalent of the sum of greenhouse gas net emissions in excess of the limit established by the linear trajectory set out pursuant to Article 4(3) multiplied by EUR 375; (b) an amount equal to the amount in tonnes of CO2 equivalent of the excess greenhouse gas net emissions, multiplied by a factor of 1,08, shall be added to the greenhouse gas emission figure for those land categories reported by that Member State in the following year, in accordance with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 15.