6 Amendments of Annalisa TARDINO related to 2020/0006(COD)
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy constitutes one of the most important policy objectives for the Union. On 12 December 2019, the European Council endorsed the objective of achieving a climate-neutral Union by 2050, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. While fighting climate change and environmental degradation will benefit all in the long term and provides opportunities and challenges for all in the medium termThe deflationary effect of fighting climate change will in itself have socio-economic disadvantages in the medium term and therefore will also not always have a positive environmental impact. Moreover, as the COVID-19 pandemic will cause a deep recession and - in the absence of appropriate monetary policies pursued by the ECB - lasting deflation, it would be highly desirable to mitigate the pro-cyclical impact of the EU’s climate policies, postponing until a date to be determined the attainment of the target approved by the European Council. At the same time, not all regions and Member States start their transition to a climatically neutral economy from the same point or have the same capacity to respond. Some are more advanced than others, whereas the transition entails a wider social and economic impact for those regions that rely heavily on fossil fuels - especially coal, lignite, peat and oil shale - or greenhouse gas intensive industries. Such a situation not only creates the risk of a variable speed transition in the Union as regards climate action, but also of growing disparities between regions, detrimental to the objectives of social, economic and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to be successful, the transition has to be fairjust and socially acceptable for all, avoiding causing distortions on the internal market. Therefore, both the Union and the Member States must take into account its economic and social implications from the outset, and deploy all possible instruments to mitigatecancel out adverse consequences. The Union budget has an important complementary role in that regard.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) As set out in the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, a Just Transition Mechanism should complement the other actions under the next multi-annual financial framework for the period from 2021 to 2027. It should contribute to addressing the adverse social and economic consequences both of transitioning towards Union climate neutrality and of the COVID-19 crisis by bringing together the Union budget’s spending on climate and social objectives at regional level.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In view of the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement, the commitment regarding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the increased ambition of the Union as proposed in the European Green Deal, the JTF should provide a key contribution to mainstream climate actions. Resources from the JTF own envelope are additional and come on top of the investments needed to achieve the overall target of 25%The JTF, together with any funding transferred from the ERDF and the ESF+, should make a substantial contribution towards mitigating the deflationary impact both of tackling climate change and of COVID-19, with a particular focus ofn the Union budget expenditure contributing to climate objectives. Resources transferred from the ERDF and ESF+ will contribute fully to the achievement of this tareconomic sectors and regions suffering the greatest damaget.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) In order to avoid penalising the most virtuous Member States, it is necessary that equalisation systems should take into account the efforts already made in the past which have had an adverse economic impact and led to higher costs of energy supply and serious social damage, particularly in those areas with high unemployment and low per capita income, such as islands.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to enhance the economic diversification of territories impacted by the transition, the JTF should provide support to productive investment in undertakings, particularly micro- enterprises and SMEs. Productive investment should be understood as investment in fixed capital or immaterial assets of enterprises in view of producing goods and services thereby contributing to gross-capital formation and employment. For enterprises other than SMEs, pProductive investments should only be supported primarily if they are necessary for mitigatingcancelling out job losses resulting from the transition, by creating jobs or protecting a significant number of jobs and theyexisting ones, provided that such investments do not lead to relocation or result from relocation from another Member State or another region of the same Member State. Investments in existing industrial facilities, including those covered by the Union Emissions Trading System, should be allowed if they contribute to the transition to a climate-neutral economy by 2050 and go substantially belowcompliance with the relevant benchmarks established for free allocation under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council14 and if they result in the protection of a significant number of jobsdo not have a net negative impact on employment. Any such investment should be justified accordingly in the relevant territorial just transition plan. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market and social, economic and territorial cohesion policy, support to undertakings should comply withbe covered by a derogation from Union State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 TFEU and, in particular, support to productive investments by enterprises other than SMEs should be limited to enterprises located in areas designated as assisted areas for the purposes of points (a) and (c) of Article 107(3) TFEU. _________________ 14Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).