7 Amendments of Ivo HRISTOV related to 2021/0205(COD)
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) One of the most critical challenges that the transport sector, including air transport, faces is the need to significantly reduce its emissions and become more sustainable. In 2018, the air transport sector accounted for more than 13 % of all Union greenhouse gas emissions from transport and around 3,6 % of total Union greenhouse gas emissions.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1 b) In line with the Union’s climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the ‘Paris Agreement’), the Union has established legal obligations through the Regulation (EU) 2021/11191a to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and to achieve a reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % compared to 1990 by 2030. Accordingly, various policy instruments are needed to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in all economic sectors, including the aviation sector. Currently, aviation relies exclusively on fossil jet fuel to operate, and growing passenger numbers have rapidly increased net emissions from the sector. The total air passenger traffic in Europe has more than doubled since 1990. CO2 emissions from aviation are projected to increase more than 20 % by 2050, compared to 2015. To reverse this trend and support the decarbonisation of the aviation sector, action is needed to ramp up the uptake and supply of sustainable aviation fuels. _________________ 1aRegulation (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 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In particular, it is essential to ensure a level playing field across the Union air transport market regarding aviation fuel, which account for a substantial share of aircraft operators’ costs. Variations in fuel prices can affect significantly aircraft operators’ economic performance and, negatively impact competition on the market and disrupt air connectivity for citizens with the burden that this entails for the right of freedom of movement for citizens relying on air transport. Where differences in aviation fuel prices exist between Union airports or between Union and non-Union airports, this can lead aircraft operators to adapt their refuelling strategies for economic reasons. Fuel tankering increases aircraft’s fuel consumption and results in unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions, and it's also a risk of loss of competitiveness of Union airports vis-à-vis third country airports. Fuel tankering by aircraft operators accordingly undermines of the Union’s efforts towards environmental protection. Some aircraft operators are able to use favourable aviation fuel prices at their home base as a competitive advantage towards other airlines operating similar routes. This can have detrimental effects on the competitiveness of the sector and be harmful to air connectivity. This Regulation should set up measures to prevent such practices in order to avoid unnecessary environmental damage as well as to restore and preserve the conditions for fair competition on the air transport market.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Communication on a Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy10 adopted by the Commission in December 2020 sets a course of action for the EU transport system to achieve its green and digital transformation and become more resilient. The decarbonisation of the air transport sector is a necessary and challenging process, especially in the short term. Technological advancements, pursued in European and national research and innovation aviation programmes have contributed to important emission reductions in the past decades. However, the global growth of air traffic has outpaced the sector’s emissions reductions. Whereas new technologies are expected to help reducing short-haul aviation’s reliance on fossil energy in the next decades, and new zero-emission aircraft technologies, such as electric- or hydrogen-powered aircraft can play an important role in commercial aviation in the medium and long term, sustainable aviation fuels offer the onlymain solution for significant decarbonisation of all flight ranges, already in the short term. However, this potential is currently largely untapped. _________________ 10Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy – putting European transport on track for the future (COM/2020/789 final), 9.12.2020.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15 a) It is essential that less-connected European regions with few alternative transport modes are not disproportionately affected by the obligations resulting from this Regulation and that the access of these regions to essential goods and services is ensured. Special attention must be paid to price disruptions in air routes that connect islands with the continent. The almost total reliance of insular regions' citizens on air transport to travel to continental regions means that price increases in these routes would suppose an obstacle for Union citizens to exercise their right of free movement within the Union, and would also effect islands' economies.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation lays down harmonised rules on the uptake and supply of sustainable aviation fuels, including through establishing obligations for aviation fuel suppliers to provide a share of sustainable aviation fuel, a refuelling obligation for aircraft operators, and obligations for Union airports to provide the necessary infrastructure.
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
By 1 January 20286 and every five years thereafter, the Commission services shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council, on the application of this Regulation, evolution of the aviation fuels market and itsthe impact of this Regulation on the aviation internal market of the Union, including regarding the possible extension of the scope of this Regulation to other energy sources, and other types of synthetic fuels defined under the Renewable Energy Directivethe impact on air routes connecting islands with the continent, the social impacts as well as the related employment and training needs, the possible revision of the minimum shares in Article 4 and Annex I, and the level of administrative fines. The report shall include information, where available, on development of a potential policy framework for uptake of sustainable aviation fuels at ICAO level. The report shall also inform on technological advancements in the area of research and innovation in the aviation industry which are relevant to sustainable aviation fuels, including with regards to the reduction of non-CO2 emissions. The report may consider if this Regulation should be amended and, options for amendments, where appropriate, in line with a potential policy framework on sustainable aviation fuels uptake at ICAO leveland the development of technologies such as electric- powered or hydrogen-powered aircraft.