65 Amendments of Salvatore DE MEO related to 2021/0218(COD)
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) To ensure higher environmental effectiveness of the Union sustainability and greenhouse emissions saving criteria for solid biomass fuels in installations producing heating, electricity and cooling, the minimum threshold for the applicability of such criteria should be lowered from the current 20 MW to 510 MW. starting in 2027. This threshold will avoid extra administrative burden, especially for small farmers and local businesses contributing to rural development and forestry and agricultural residues valorisation.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Directive (EU) 2018/2001 strengthened the bioenergy sustainability and greenhouse gas savings framework by setting criteria for all end-use sectors. It set out specific rules for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass, requiring the sustainability of harvesting operations and the accounting of land-use change emissions. To achieve an enhanced protection of especially biodiverse and carbon-rich habitats, such as primary forests, highly biodiverse forests, grasslands and peat lands, exclusions and limitations to source forest biomass from those areas should be introduced, in line with the approach for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural biomass. In addition, the greenhouse gas emission saving criteria should also apply to existing biomass-based installations to ensure that bioenergy production in all such installations leads to greenhouse gas emission reductions compared to energy produced from fossil fuelwhen harvesting biomass from countries that do not meet the harvesting criteria at national or subnational level or without management systems in place at the forest sourcing area in line with the approach for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural biomass.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In order to reduce the administrative burden for producers of renewable fuels and recycled carbon fuels and for Member States, where voluntary or national schemes have been recognised by the Commission through an implementing act as giving evidence or providing accurate data regarding the compliance with sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria as well as other requirements set in this Directive, Member States should accept the results of the certification issued by such schemes within the scope of the Commission’s recognition. In order to reduce the burden on small installations, Member States should establish a simplified verification mechanism starting1. January 2027 for installations of between 510 and 120MW to avoid putting an unbearable burden on smaller actors which may hinder local and rural development.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The rapid growth and increasing cost-competitiveness of renewable electricity production can be used to satisfy a growing share of energy demand, for instance using heat pumps for space heating or low-temperature industrial processes, electric vehicles for transport, or electric furnaces in certain industries. Renewable electricity can also be used to produce synthetic fuels for consumption in hard-to-decarbonise transport sectors such as aviation and maritime transport. A framework for electrification needs to enable robust and efficient coordination and expand market mechanisms to match both supply and demand in space and time, stimulate investments in flexibility, and help integrate large shares of variable renewable generation. Member States should therefore ensure that the deployment of renewable electricity continues to increase at an adequate pace to meet growing demand. For this, Member States should establish a framework that includes market-compatible mechanisms to tackle remaining barriers to have secure and adequate electricity systems fit for a high level of renewable energy, as well as storage facilities, fully integrated into the electricity system. In particular, this framework shall tackle remaining barriers, including non- for the full integration of non- programmable RES into the electricity system and for the decarbonisation process of the generation fleet by ensuring the availability of market instruments which provide long term price signals for investment decisions, including investments in system adequacy, stability and flexibility through competitive, transparent and non- discriminatory bidding process, which provide for a remuneration of the awarded recipients based on market prices. The framework shall also tackle non-financial barriers, including non- financial ones such as insufficient digital and human resources of authorities to process a growing number of permitting applications.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy introduces an ambitious objective of 300 GW of offshore wind and 40 GW of ocean energy across all the Union’s sea basins by 2050. To ensure this step change, Member States will need to work together across borders at sea-basin level. Member States should therefore jointly define the amount of offshore renewable generation to be deployed within each sea basin by 2050, with intermediate steps in 2030 and 2040. These objectives should be reflected in the updated national energy and climate plans that will be submitted in 2023 and 2024 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. In defining the amount, Member States should take into account the offshore renewable energy potential of each sea basin, the technical and economic feasibility of the transmission grid infrastructure, environmental protection, climate adaptation and other uses of the sea, as well as the Union’s decarbonisation targets. In addition, Member States should increasingly consider the possibility of combining offshore renewable energy generation withneed for an integrated planning in terms of RES and networks and the possibility of developing transmission lines interconnecting several Member States, in the form of hybrid projects or, at a later stage, a more meshed grid. This would allow electricity to flow in different directions, thus maximising socio- economic welfare, optimising infrastructure expenditure and enabling a more sustainable usage of the sea. The targets for each basin must be established in strong coordination with the electricity TSOs.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Overly complex and excessively long administrative procedures constitute a major barrier for the deployment of renewable energy. Further streamlining of administrative and permitting procedures is needed to ease the administrative burden for both renewable energy projects and the related grid infrastructure projects. Member States should define a minimum set of clear and general rules at EU level to ease and accelerate the national transposition processes, facilitate a homogeneous application throughout the EU of permitting procedures and ease the ex-post monitoring of the measures adopted by Member States from the Commission. These rules should foresee an integrated or coordinated process for renewable energy plants and the transmission grid infrastructures which are essential for their integration in the energy system and simplified permitting procedures for projects which respect clearly defined criteria. On the basis of the measures to improve administrative procedures for renewable energy installations that Member States are to report on by 15 March 2023 in their first integrated national energy and climate progress reports pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council15 , the Commission should assess whether the provisions included in this Directive to streamline these procedures have resulted in smooth and proportionate procedures. If that assessment reveals significant scope for improvement, the Commission should take appropriate measures to ensure Member States have streamlined and efficient administrative procedures in place. __________________ 15 Regulation (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 188 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Renewable fuels of non-biological origin can be used for energy purposes, but also for non-energy purposes as feedstock or raw material in industries such as steel or chemicals. Moreover, low-carbon fuels, including low-carbon hydrogen, may play a role in the energy transition, particularly in the short and medium term to rapidly reduce emissions of existing fuels, and support the uptake of renewable fuels including renewable hydrogen. The use of renewable fuels of non-biological origin and low carbon fuels for both purposes exploits their full potential to replace fossil fuels used as feedstock and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in industry and should therefore be included in a target for the use of renewable fuels of non- biological origin and low carbon fuels. National measures to support the uptake of renewable fuels of non-biological origin and low carbon fuels in industry should not result in net pollution increases due to an increased demand for electricity generation that is satisfied by the most polluting fossil fuels, such as coal, diesel, lignite, oil peat and oil shale.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 22 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 22 a (new)
“(22a) ‘renewable fuels’ means biofuels, bioliquids, biogas, biomass fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin;”
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
— (a) in the case of solid biomass fuels, in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling with a total rated thermal input equal to or exceeding 5 MW 20 MW, and, from 1 January 2027 10 MW. This threshold will avoid extra administrative burden, especially for small farmers and local businesses,
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Directive (EU) 2018/2001 strengthened the bioenergy sustainability and greenhouse gas savings framework by setting criteria for all end-use sectors. It set out specific rules for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass, requiring the sustainability of harvesting operations and the accounting of land-use change emissions. To achieve an enhanced protection of especially biodiverse and carbon-rich habitats, such as primary forests, highly biodiverse forests, grasslands and peat lands, exclusions and limitations to source forest biomass from those areas should be introduced, in line with the approach for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural biomass. In addition, the greenhouse gas emission saving criteria should also apply to existing biomass-based installations to ensure that bioenergy production in all such installations leads to greenhouse gas emission reductions compared to energy produced from fossil fuels when harvesting biomass specifically for energy purposes from countries that do not meet their national harvesting criteria, unless these are met at subnational or regional level or with management systems in place at the forest sourcing area.
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47 a (new)
Recital 47 a (new)
(47a) Guarantees of origin which are currently in place for renewable electricity should be extended to cover renewable and low carbon gas. Further extending the guarantees of origin system to energy from other non-renewable sources should be an option for Member States. This would provide a consistent means of proving to final customers the origin of renewable gas, such as biomethane, and would facilitate greater cross-border trade in such gas. It would also enable the creation of guarantees of origin for other renewable and low-carbon gas, such as hydrogen. (Recital 59 - Directive (EU) 2018/2001)
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point g
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point g
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 10 – point d
Article 29 – paragraph 10 – point d
(d) at least 70 % for electricity, heating and cooling production from biomass fuels used in installations starting operation from 1 January 2021 until 31 December 2025, and at least 80 % from 1 January 2026.;for installations starting operation from 1 January 2026.’; This would be particularly relevant to promote the ensure a smooth promotion of renewable energy in remote and rural areas as it will leave farmers and local actors the time to modernise their on-site and nearby energy production.
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 30 – paragraph 6
Article 30 – paragraph 6
For installations producing electricity heating and cooling with a total rated thermal input between 510 and 120 MW, starting 1. January 2027, Member States shall establish simplified national verification schemes to ensure the fulfillment of the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions criteria set out in paragraphs (2) to (7) and (10) of Article 29.’;
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 31
Article 31
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2
Article 2
(22a) ‘renewable fuels’ means biofuels, bioliquids, biogas, biomass fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin;
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2
Article 2
(44ba) "low carbon fuels" means liquid and gaseous fuels that are produced from feedstock of non-renewable origin, complying with the minimum greenhouse gases emissions savings thresholds of Article 29b.
Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 4a
Article 3 – paragraph 4a
4a. Member States shall establish a framework, which may include support schemes and facilitating the uptake of renewable powerenergy purchase agreements, enabling the deployment of renewable electricitnergy to a level that is consistent with the Member State’s national contribution referred to in paragraph 2 and at a pace that is consistent with the indicative trajectories referred to in Article 4(a)(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. In particular, that framework shall tackle remaining barriers to a high level of renewable electricity supply, including those related to permitting procedures, to a high level of renewable electricity supplyenergy supply and ensure long term price signals for investment decisions, including investments in system adequacy, stability and flexibility through competitive, transparent and non-discriminatory bidding process, which provide for a remuneration of the awarded recipients based on market prices. When designing that framework, Member States shall take into account the additional renewable electricity nergy required to meet demand in the transport, industry, building and heating and cooling sectors and the additional renewable electricity required for the production of renewable fuels of non- biological origin. National measures to support the uptake of renewable fuels of non-biological origin should not result in net pollution increases due to an increased demand for electricity generation that is satisfied by the most polluting fossil fuels;
Amendment 510 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 4
Article 4
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 7 – Paragraph 4
Article 7 – Paragraph 4
(a) Final consumption of energy from renewable sources in the transport sector shall be calculated as the sum of all biofuels, biogas, recycled carbon fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin consumed in the transport sector.;
Amendment 543 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018 – 2001
Article 9
Article 9
7a. Member States bordering a sea basin shall cooperate to jointly define the amount of offshore renewable energy they plan to produce in that sea basin by 2050, with intermediate steps in 2030 and 2040. They shall take into account the specificities and development in each region including the technical and economic feasibility of the transmission grid infrastructure, the offshore renewable potential of the sea basin and the importance of ensuring the associated integrated grid planning. Member States shall notify that amount in the updated integrated national energy and climate plans submitted pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.;
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15 paragraph 8
Article 15 paragraph 8
8. Member States shall assess the regulatory and administrative barriers to long-term renewables powerenergy purchase agreements, including cross border ones, and shall remove unjustified barriers to their development such as barriers to permitting, and promote the uptake of, such agreements, including by exploring how to reduce the financial risks associated with them, in particular by using credit guarantees. Member States shall ensure that those agreements are not subject to disproportionate or discriminatory procedures or charges, and that any associated guarantees of origin can be transferred to the buyer of the renewable energy under the renewable powerenergy purchase agreement.
Amendment 568 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15 paragraph 8
Article 15 paragraph 8
Member States shall describe their policies and measures promoting the uptake of renewables powerenergy purchase agreements in their integrated national energy and climate plans referred to in Articles 3 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and progress reports submitted pursuant to Article 17 of that Regulation. They shall also provide, in those reports, an indication of the volume of renewable power generation supported by renewables power purchase agreements.;
Amendment 569 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15 paragraph 8
Article 15 paragraph 8
Following the assessment of Member States, the Commission shall analyse the barriers to long-term power purchase agreements and in particular to the deployment of cross-border renewable power purchase agreements and issue guidance on the removal of the main regulatory and administrative barriers; In the planning and permitting process, the deployment of energy from renewable sources and the related grid infrastructure is considered as being in the overriding public interest and serving public safety without prejudice of Union and national laws on environmental protection.
Amendment 583 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15 paragraph 9
Article 15 paragraph 9
9. By one year after the entry into force of this amending Directive, the Commission shall review, and where appropriate, propose modifications to, the rules on administrative procedures set out in Articles 15, 16 and 17 and their application, and may take additional measures to support Member States in their implementation.; The Commission shall closely supervise the application of the permitting rules through a yearly benchmark. The content of this benchmark should be identified in an Annex "N". The Commission should issue guidelines to support Member States in implementing the administrative procedures. In case Member States do not effectively apply rules on permitting at national level, the European Commission should swiftly open infringement procedures. ;
Amendment 590 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15
Article 15
(da) "Member States shall, in particular, take the appropriate steps to ensure that: (a) administrative procedures are streamlined, and expedited at the appropriate administrative level and predictable timeframes are established for the procedures referred to in the first subparagraph; (b) rules concerning authorisation, certification and licensing are objective, transparent and proportionate, do not discriminate between applicants and take fully into account the particularities of individual renewable energy technologies; (c) administrative charges paid by consumers, planners, architects, builders and equipment and system installers and suppliers are transparent and cost-related; and (d) simplified and less burdensome authorisation procedures, including a simple-notification procedure, are established for decentralised devices, and for producing and storing energy from renewable sources. , including in the form of hydrogen, provided that the same simplified authorisation procedures are applied also to the associated transmission and distribution network developments in case the latter do not increase the occupied area; (e) the authorisation procedures for power plants, including offshore renewable plants, and for the network assets necessary for their connection and integration in the energy system, including hydrogen system, are integrated or coordinated where different procedures for power plants and network assets are foreseen according to national law. " Or. en (COM(2021)0557 - C9-0329/2021 – 2021/0218(COD))
Amendment 633 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point i
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3
(i) the first, second and third subparagraphs are deleted; replaced by the following: ‘For the calculation of the share of renewable electricity Member States shall refer to the two-year period before the year in which the electricity is supplied in their territory. In order to ensure that the expected increase in demand for electricity beyond the current baseline is met with additional renewable energy generation capacity, the Commission shall develop a framework on additionality and shall develop different options with a view to determining the baseline of Member States and measuring additionality.’
Amendment 640 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 6
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 6
Amendment 644 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15b (New Article)
Article 15b (New Article)
(6a) Article 15b (New Article) Overall targets for renewable gas/biomethane/hydrogen Promoting the uptake of biomethane in Europe To boost the biomethane sector, a binding EU target of [40 bcm] biomethane production by 2030 is introduced. This target should be revised upwards after 2030 in line with market trends. Member States should be required to introduce national targets alongside measures to favour the injection of biomethane into gas grid and leverage on the channelling the Common Agricultural Policy funding towards biomethane production from sustainable biomass sources.
Amendment 668 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
(7a) Article 16 paragraph 4 is amended as follows "4.Without prejudice to paragraph 7, the permit-granting process referred to in paragraph 1 for power plants and assets necessary for their connection and integration in the grid shall not exceed two years for power plants, including all relevant procedures of competent authorities. Where duly justified on the grounds of extraordinary circumstances, that two-year period may be extended by up to one year. " Or. en (COM(2021)0557 - C9-0329/2021 – 2021/0218(COD))
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 16 – paragraph 6
Article 16 – paragraph 6
(7b) "6.Member States shall facilitate the repowering of existing renewable energy plants by ensuring a simplified and swift permit-granting process. The length of that process shall not exceed one yeartwo years including all relevant procedures of competent authorities. Where duly justified on the grounds of extraordinary circumstances, such as on grounds of overriding safety reasons where the repowering project impacts substantially on the grid or the original capacity, size or performance of the installation, that one- year period may be extended by up to one year. In the event the repowering project determines an increase in the capacity of the installation and the need for further network developments without increasing the occupied area, the repowering project and the grid development projects associated to the repowering are authorized through the same simplified procedure pursuant to the first subparagraph. 6bis. Member States shall appoint a competent body or authority which differs from the authority empowered to issue authorisation decisions with substitution powers on the latter. Those powers shall be exercised where the terms referred to in paragraphs 4 and 6 for deciding on the authorisation for power plants and the assets necessary for their connection and integration in the grid are infringed. The substituting competent body or authority shall decide on the procedure within halved timings as referred to in paragraphs 4 and 6. " Or. en (COM(2021)0557 - C9-0329/2021 – 2021/0218(COD))
Amendment 670 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 c (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
(7c) Article 19 Paragraph 1 "Art. 19 Title: Guarantees of origin for energy from renewable and low carbon sources Art 19(1). 1. For the purposes of demonstrating to final customers the share or quantity of energy from renewable and low-carbon sources in an energy supplier's energy mix and in the energy supplied to consumers under contracts marketed with reference to the consumption of energy from renewable and low-carbon sources, Member States shall ensure that the origin of energy from renewable and low-carbon sources can be guaranteed as such within the meaning of this Directive, in accordance with objective, transparent and non- discriminatory criteria. 2. To that end, Member States shall ensure that a guarantee of origin is issued in response to a request from a producer of energy from renewable and low-carbon sources. Member States may arrange for guarantees of origin to be issued for energy from other non- renewable sources. Issuance of guarantees of origin may be made subject to a minimum capacity limit. A guarantee of origin shall be of the standard size of 1 MWh. No more than one guarantee of origin shall be issued in respect of each unit of energy produced. Member States shall ensure that the same unit of energy from renewable and low- carbon sources is taken into account only once. " Or. en (COM(2021)0557 - C9-0329/2021 – 2021/0218(COD))
Amendment 671 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 d (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Article 19 – paragraph 7
(7d) Article 19 - paragraph 7 " A guarantee of origin shall specify at least: (a) the energy source from which the energy was produced and the start and end dates of production; (b) whether it relates to: (i) electricity; (ii) gas (iii) hydrogen (iv) heating or cooling; (c) the identity, location, type and capacity of the installation where the energy was produced; (d) whether the installation has benefited from investment support and whether the unit of energy has benefited in any other way from a national support scheme, and the type of support scheme; (e) the date on which the installation became operational; and (f) the date and country of issue and a unique identification number. Simplified information may be specified on guarantees of origin from installations of less than 50 kW (g) information on the GHG footprint of the produced energy covering life cycle greenhouse gas emissions. (h) information on compliance with criteria laid down in Articles 29 and 29a of this Directive. " Or. en (COM(2021)0557 - C9-0329/2021 – 2021/0218(COD))
Amendment 672 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 e (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 e (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 19 – paragraph 9
Article 19 – paragraph 9
(7e) Article 19 - paragraph 9 " Member States shall recognise guarantees of origin issued by other Member States or third countries in accordance with this Directive exclusively as evidence of the elements referred to in paragraph 1 toand points (a) to (h) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 7. A Member State may refuse to recognise a guarantee of origin only where it has well-founded doubts about its accuracy, reliability or veracity. The Member State shall notify the Commission of such a refusal and its justification. " Or. en (COM(2021)0557 - C9-0329/2021 – 2021/0218(COD))
Amendment 673 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 f (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 f (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 19 – paragraph 11
Article 19 – paragraph 11
(7f) Article 19 - paragraph 11 " The Commissions shall issue Guidelines clarifying the EU requirements for recognising guarantees of origin issued by a third country, including the underlying governance arrangements associated, to the purpose of streamlining and accelerating the achievement of such agreements with third countries. Based on such Guidelines, Member States shall recognise guarantees of origins issued by a third country which has set up an Issuance Body where the Union has concluded an agreement with that third country on mutual recognition of guarantees of origin issued in the Union and compatible guarantees of origin systems established in that third country, and only where there is direct import or export of energy . " Or. en (COM(2021)0557 - C9-0329/2021 – 2021/0218(COD))
Amendment 792 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22a – paragraph 1
Article 22a – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that the contribution of renewable fuels of non- biological origin used for final energy and non-energy purposes shall be 50 % of the hydrogen used for final energy and non- energyand low-carbon hydrogen shall be 50 % of the hydrogen fully produced or purpochasesd in industry by 2030. For the calculation of that percentage, the following rules shall apply:
Amendment 799 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22a
Article 22a
(a) For the calculation of the denominator, the energy content of hydrogen for final energy and non-energy purposeseither purchased or produced as final product shall be taken into account, excluding hydrogen used as intermediate products for the production of conventional transport fuels.
Amendment 803 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22a
Article 22a
(b) For the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of the renewable fuels of non-biological origin consumed in the industry sector for final energy and non-energy purposesand low-carbon hydrogen either purchased or produced as final product in the industry sector shall be taken into account, excluding renewable fuels of non- biological origin used as intermediate products for the production of conventional transport fuels.
Amendment 816 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29a – paragraph 3
Article 29a – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 35 to supplement this Directive by specifying the methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from renewable fuels of non-biological origin and from recycled carbon fuels. The methodology shall ensure that credit for avoided emissions is not given for CO2 the capture of which has already received an emission credit under other provisions of law.; In any case, the methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from recycled carbon fuels shall consider, in a life-cycle approach, the avoided emissions compared to the traditional alternatives of fossil fuels production and of waste treatment or disposal.
Amendment 820 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29a – paragraph 3a (new)
Article 29a – paragraph 3a (new)
the following paragraph 3a is added: “3a. Pending the adoption of the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 3, Member States may define the methodology for assessing the reductions of greenhouse gas emissions along the life cycle of the fuels referred to in the previous paragraph.”;
Amendment 825 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29b (new)
Article 29b (new)
(19a) The following Article is inserted: Article 29b Greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for low carbon fuels 1.Fuels can qualify as low carbon fuels only if the greenhouse gas emissions savings from the use of those fuels are at least 65%. 2.The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 35 to supplement this Directive by specifying the methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low carbon fuels. The methodology shall ensure that credit for avoided emissions is not given for CO2, the capture of which has already received an emission credit under other provisions of law.
Amendment 825 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23
Article 23
1. In order to promote the use of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall, endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy in that sector by at least 1.1 percentage points as an annual average calculated for the periods 2021 to 2025 and 2026 to 2030, starting from the share of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector in 2020, expressed in terms of national share of gross final energy consumption and calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Article 7.
Amendment 835 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23
Article 23
Amendment 852 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23
Article 23
1a. In order to give to the Commission a full account of the considerable differences in the level of industrial heat demand across the Union, Member States shall carry out an assessment of their potential of energy from renewable sources and of the use of waste heat and cold in the heating and cooling sector including, where appropriate, an analysis of areas suitable for their deployment at low ecological risk and of the potential for small-scale household projects. The assessment shall consider the available and economically feasible technologies for industrial and domestic uses in order to set out milestones and measures to in increase renewables in heating and cooling and, where appropriate, the use of waste heat and cold through district heating and cooling with a view of establishing a long- term national strategy to decarbonise heating and cooling. Such strategy should take into account the different level of heat quality (high, medium, low temperature) specific to various processes and uses. The assessment shall be part of the integrated national energy and climate plans referred to in Articles 3 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, and shall accompany the comprehensive heating and cooling assessment required by Article 14(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU.;
Amendment 858 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c
(c) inparagraph 2 is replaced by the following: For the purposes of paragraph 21, first subparagraph, point (a) is deletedwhen calculating its share of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector and its average annual increase in accordance with that paragraph, each Member State: (a) may count waste heat and cold, subject to a limit of 40 % of the average annual increase; (b) for facilities using medium and high- temperature process heat, may count energy efficiency measures resulting in a lower quantity of energy used to meet that heat demand, quantified according to specific rules defined by the Member States and certified in compliance with EU Directive 2012/27/EU.
Amendment 990 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 25
Article 25
For the calculation of the reduction referred to in point (a) and the share referred to in point (b), Member States shall take into account renewable fuels of non-biological origin also when they are used as intermediate products for the production of conventionaltransport fuels. For the calculation of the reduction referred to in point (a), Member States may take into account recycled carbon fuels.
Amendment 1012 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 25
Article 25
2. Member States shall establish a mechanism allowing fuel suppliers in their territory to exchange credits for supplying renewable energy to the transport sector. Economic operators that supply renewable electricity to electric vehicles through public recharging stations or renewable fuels trough public refuelling stations shall receive credits, irrespectively of whether the economic operators are subject to the obligation set by the Member State on fuel suppliers, and may sell those credits to fuel suppliers, which shall be allowed to use the credits to fulfil the obligation set out in paragraph 1, first subparagraph.;
Amendment 1053 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27
Article 27
Calculation rules in the transport sector and with regard toand with regard to electricity supplied towards all end-uses, including for the production of renewable fuels of non- biological origin regardless of their end use;
Amendment 1078 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
(iv) the share of biofuels and biogas produced from the feedstock listed in Part B of Annex IX in the energy content of fuels and electricity supplied to the transport sector shall, except in Cyprus and Malta, be limited to 1,7 %. If the list of feedstock set out in Part B of Annex IX is amended by adding feedstock in accordance with article 28 point 6 of Directive (EU) 2018/2021, this limit will be increased accordingly. Member States may, where justified, modify that limit, taking into account the availability of feedstock. Any such modification shall be subject to approval by the Commission;
Amendment 1097 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point i
Amendment 1102 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point i a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point i a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
(ia) Article 27 - paragraph 3 "First subparagraph: For the calculation of the share of renewable electricity in the electricity supplied, Member States shall refer to the electricity is supplied. Second subparagraph By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, to determine the share of electricity in the case of electricity obtained from a direct connection to an installation generating renewable electricity, that electricity shall be fully counted as renewable. " Or. en (COM(2021)0557 - C9-0329/2021 – 2021/0218(COD))
Amendment 1110 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point ii
Where electricity is used for the production of renewable fuels of non-biological origin, either directly or for the production of intermediate products, the average share of electricity from renewable sources in the country of production, as measured two years before the year in question,share of renewable electricity in the bidding zone where the electrolyser is located in the calendar hour in which hydrogen is produced shall be used to determine the share of renewable energy.;
Amendment 1118 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27
Article 27
However, electricity obtained from direct connection to an installation generating renewable electricity may be fully counted as renewable electricity where it is used for the production of renewable fuels of non- biological origin, provided that the installation:; a) comes into operation not earlier than 48 months before the installation producing the renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin; and
Amendment 1121 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27
Article 27
A delegated act establishing the provisions to measure additionality for the consumption of electricity that is not converted into another energy carrier shall also be adopted by the Commission.
Amendment 1132 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
(ea) Article 27 - paragraph 3 " In order to ensure that the expected increase in demand for electricity beyond the current baseline is met with additional renewable energy generation capacity, the Commission shall develop a framework on additionality for the consumption of electricity that is not converted into another energy carrier and shall develop different options with a view to determining the baseline of Member States and measuring additionality. " Or. en (COM(2021)0557 - C9-0329/2021 – 2021/0218(COD))
Amendment 1146 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point i a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point i a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2011
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
(ia) subparagraph 3 is replaced by the following: " Electricity, heating and cooling produced from municipal solid waste and own biomass residues and waste from biomass processing shall not be subject to the greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria laid down in paragraph 10. "
Amendment 1212 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29b (New)
Article 29b (New)
Amendment 1219 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point a a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
(a a) "(a) allows consignments of raw material or fuels with differing sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving characteristics to be mixed for instance in a container, processing or logistical facility, transmission and distribution infrastructure or site,. including European interconnected system for gas and hydrogen, consisting of transmission networks, distribution networks, LNG facilities, liquefied hydrogen facilities and/or storage facilities and considered as single logistical facilities for this purpose where only physical entry to exit from the system based on the respective transactions shall be tracked. " Or. en (COM(2021)0557 - C9-0329/2021 – 2021/0218(COD))
Amendment 1225 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point b
Member State shall not require economic operators supplying energy through the European interconnected systems, both for gas and hydrogen, to provide further evidence of compliance with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria laid down in Articles 29(2) to (7) and (10) and 29a(1) and (2), where the compliance verification was carried out at the site of the energy production and documented on the guarantees of origin.
Amendment 1237 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
(20 a) "Member States shall take measures to ensure that economic operators submit reliable information regarding the compliance with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria laid down in Articles 29(2) to (7) and (10) and 29a(1) and (2), and that economic operators make available to the relevant Member State, upon request, the data used to develop that information. Member States should enable the recording of such information on the guarantees of origin issued according to Article 19 of this Directive after it has been verified by relevant voluntary or national schemes setting standards for the production of renewable fuels and recycled carbon fuels. " Or. en (COM(2021)0557 - C9-0329/2021 – 2021/0218(COD))
Amendment 1247 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 31a
Article 31a
2. Member States shall require the relevant economic operators to enter in a timely manner accurate information into that database on the transactions made and the sustainability characteristics of the fuelenergy carriers subject to those transactions, including their life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, starting from their point of production to the moment it is consumed in the Union. Information on whether support has been provided for the production of a specific consignment of fuelenergy carrier, and if so, on the type of support scheme, shall also be included in the database. For the gaseous fuels injected into the European interconnected system for gas within the meaning of Directive 2009/73/EC: (a) Only the physical entry to and physical exit from the system based on respective transactions shall be registered; (b) sustainability information, recorded on the guarantee of origin according to Article 19(7)(h), shall be registered independently of the individual physical flows and the underlying transactions.
Amendment 1259 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 1, Section 2, Point (b), Letter (b)
Article 1, Section 2, Point (b), Letter (b)
"(b) From 31 December 2026, and without prejudice to the obligations in the first subparagraph, Member States shall grant no support to the production of electricity from forest biomass in electricity-only- installations, unless such electricity meets at least one of the following conditions: (i) it is produced in a region identified in a territorial just transition plan approved by the European Commission, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the Just Transition Fund due to its reliance on solid fossil fuels, and meets the relevant requirements set in Article 29(11); (ii) it is produced applying Biomass CO2 Capture and Storage and meets the requirements set in Article 29(11), second subparagraph; (iii) it is produced by plants that are already in operation at the date of entry into force of this Directive, for which modifications in the direction of cogeneration are not possible due to the absence of the infrastructure or demand conditions that make them economically viable or because they are located in areas of complex industrial crisis or in accordance with Cohesion policies. In any case, the plants must comply with the net energy efficiency levels associated with the best available techniques (BAT- AEELs) as defined in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1442 ( 1 ). " Or. en (COM(2021)0557 - C9-0329/2021 – 2021/0218(COD))
Amendment 1288 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Annex I – Point 18
Annex I – Point 18
18. For the purposes of the calculations referred to in point 17, the emissions to be divided shall be eec + el + esca + those fractions of ep, etd, eccs and eccr that take place up to and including the process step at which a co-product is produced. If any allocation to co-products has taken place at an earlier process step in the life-cycle, the fraction of those emissions assigned in the last such process step to the intermediate fuel product shall be used for those purposes instead of the total of those emissions. In the case of biogas and biomethane, all co-products that do not fall under the scope of point 7 shall be taken into account for the purposes of that calculation. No emissions shall be allocated to wastes and residues. Co- products that have a negative energy content shall be considered to have an energy content of zero for the purposes of the calculation. Wastes and residues including all wastes and residues included in Annex IX shall be considered to have zero life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions up to the process of collection of those materials irrespectively of whether they are processed to interim products before being transformed into the final product. Residues that are not included in Annex IX and fit for use in the food or feed market shall be considered to have the same amount of emissions from the extraction, harvesting or cultivation of raw materials, eec as their closest substitute in the food and feed market that is included in the table in part D. In the case of biomass fuels produced in refineries, other than the combination of processing plants with boilers or cogeneration units providing heat and/or electricity to the processing plant, the unit of analysis for the purposes of the calculation referred to in point 17 shall be the refinery;
Amendment 1306 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2011
Annex IX – Part C
Annex IX – Part C
(b a) Part C is replaced by the following: " Biomass fuel feedstocks for use in stationary installations outside the transport sector, including the following points: 1. Biomass fraction of residues and waste in the primary food processing industry: a) beet pulp (only self-use internal to sector) b) oilseed hulls (only self-use internal to sector) c) potato pulp (only self-use internal to sector) d) sticks from oilseed preparation and leaves from beet washing or oilseed preparation e) cereal husks and fruit shells f) cocoa husks and shells g) biomass fraction of industrial waste not fit for use in the food and feed chain h) the fibrous fraction of sugar beet after extraction of the diffusion juice, leaves and tails and other liquors obtained after sugar extraction 2. Biomass fraction of sludge from waste water treatment in the primary food processing industry; "
Amendment 1309 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Annex IX – Part A
Annex IX – Part A
(3 a) "Feedstocks for the production of biogas for transport and advanced biofuels, the contribution of which towards the minimum shares referred to inthe first and fourth subparagraphs of Article 25(1) may be considered to betwice their energy content: (a) Algae if cultivated on land in ponds or photobioreactors; … (r) Silage crops grown in a sequential cropping system. " Or. en (COM(2021)0557 - C9-0329/2021 – 2021/0218(COD))
Amendment 1310 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)