64 Amendments of Emma WIESNER related to 2021/0201(COD)
Amendment 31 #
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 economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050 in legislation. That Regulation also establishes a binding Union commitment to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by at least 55 % below 1990 levels by 2030. All sectors of the economy are expected to contribute to achieving that target, including the land use, land use change and forestry sectorwith the highest priority being the reduction of fossil emissions. 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. This Regulation must remain as a climate accounting framework for carbon emissions and removals in accordance with the IPCC reporting guidelines. To ensure better regulation and avoiding excessive burden and regulatory overlap, LULUCF should not be extended to encompass other policy areas such as measures in agriculture and forestry, _________________ 30 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).’. 31 Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 41 #
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 levels, binding annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be set out for each Member State in the land use, land use change and forestry sector in the period from 2026 to 2030 (in analogy to the annual emission allocations set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 ), resulting in a target of 310 millions of tonnes CO2 equivalent of net removals for the Union as a whole in 2030 and should take into account the principles of sustainable forest management as agreed by Forest Europe and FAO. 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. _________________ 32 Regulation (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 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The land sector has the potential to become rapidlymake a shift towards climate-neutral by 2035 in a cost-effective manner, and subsequently generate more greenhouse gas removals than emissions. A collective commitmentCombining greenhouse gas removals and emissions from LULUCF and agricultural emissions under ESR to a single accounting system in accordance with the IPCC reporting guidelines would simplify the climate accounting and make it more efficient. Commitment at Member State level 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. Moreover, 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 2050. 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 collective 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 that the Union-wideeach Member State´s greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector and the emissions from the agriculture non-CO2 sectors tare at least balanced by 2035. Contrary to the EU level target of climate neutrality for the land sector by 2035, such national targets will be binding and enforceable on each Member Stateget carbon neutrality by 2035. _________________ 34 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 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or forest managers and owners need a direct incentive to store more carbon on their land and their forests while encouraging to implement sustainable forest management practices. Union should base the LULUCF accounting in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and outcomes of the Glasgow Summit to avoid double counting and enhance the development of robust and harmonized global accounting of carbon removals. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030. Carbon removals should be based on solid financial framework, accounting rules and market based design from public and private resources, whereas CAP-funding must mainly remain targeted for food production and ensuring food security in the Union. Such incentives and business models will enhance climate mitigation in the bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products and through substitution of fossil-based raw materials, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of all carbon storage products should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products all bio-based products, while ensuring new innovative solutions, taking into account the potential of side streams and residues as well as carbon capture and storage technologies. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) There are evident benefits of sustainable forest management in increasing the carbon sink targets by enhancing carbon sinks, preventing natural disturbances and increasing biodiversity.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) It is necessary to underline that there is potential of sustainably sourced growing media constituents for seedlings in carbon sequestration.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Tackling climate and environmental-related challenges and reaching the objectives of the Paris Agreement are at the core of the Communication on ’The European Green Deal’, adopted by the Commission on 11 December 201928 . The necessity and value of the European Green Deal have only grownbecame even more evident in light of the very severe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and economic well-being of the Union’s citizens. __________________ 28 COM(2019)640 final.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Due to the change to reporting- based targets, the greenhouse gas emissions and removals need to be estimated with a higher level of accuracy. Moreover, the updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy, the Communication from the Commission on EU Biodiversity Strategy for 203038 , the Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system39 , the EU Forest Strategy40 , the revised Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council41 and the Communication from the Commission on Forging a climate-resilient Europe - the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change42 will all require enhanced monitoring of land, thereby helping to protect and enhance the resilience of nature-based carbon removals throughout the Union. The monitoring and reporting of emissions and removals needs to be upgraded, using advanced technologies available under Union programmes, such as Copernicus, and digital data collected under the Common Agricultural Policy, applying the twin transition of green and digital innovation. _________________ 38 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 - Bringing nature back into our lives (COM(2020) 380 final). 39 COM/2020/381 final. 40 […] 41 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82). 42 COM/2021/82 final.
Amendment 113 #
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 economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050 in legislation. That Regulation also establishes a binding Union commitment to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by at least 55 % below 1990 levels by 2030. All sectors of the economy are expected to contribute to achieving that target, including the land use, land use change and forestry sectorwith the highest priority being the reduction of fossil fuel emissions. 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. This regulation must therefore remain as a climate accounting framework for carbon emissions and removals in accordance with the IPCC reporting guidelines. To ensure better regulation and avoiding excessive burden and regulatory overlap, LULUCF should not be extended to encompass other policy areas such as measures in agriculture and forestry; __________________ 30Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).’. 31 Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 117 #
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 e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) commitments of Member States to take the necessary measures aiming towards the collective achievement of climate- neutrality in the Unionat Member State level by 2035 in the land use, land use change and forestry sector including emissions by the non-CO2 agriculture.’;
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) carbon storage;
Amendment 128 #
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 levels, binding annualcative targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be set out for each Member State in the land use, land use change and forestry sector in the period from 2026 to 2030 (in analogy to the annual emission allocations set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 ), resulting in a indicative target of 310 millions of tonnes CO2 equivalent of net removals for the Union as a whole in 2030. The methodology used to establish the national indicative 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. However, it is critical that all Member States have at least a climate neutral LULUCF sector in 2030, in order to prepare the Member States for having climate neutral land-sectors in 2035. The Commission should include this in the methodology used to establish the national indicative targets and consequently update annex IIa. __________________ 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 134 #
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
2. The 2030 Union target for net greenhouse gas removals is 310 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. The conditions on measures for achieving those targets in land use and forestry sectors should be set in other related legislation at both Union and national level. This legislation sets the overall ambition and accounting rules.
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 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Each Member State shall ensure that, taking into account the flexibilities provided for in Articles 12 and 13 and 13b, the annual sum of its 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), in each year in the period from 2026 to 2030 does not exceed the limit established by a linear trajectory, ending in 2030 on the target set out for that Member State in Annex IIa. The linear trajectory of a Member State shall start in 2022.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Regulation (EU) 2018/841
3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annual targets based on the linear trajectory for net greenhouse gas removals for each Member State, for each year in the period from 2026 to 2029 in terms of tonnes CO2 equivalent. These national trajectories shall be based on the average greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, reported by each Member State. The value of the 310 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. The method for determination of the technical correction to be added to the targets of the Member States, shall be set out in these implementing acts. For the purpose of those implementing 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 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The binding annualcative 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 or refine their methodology of calculating the emissions and removals, a concept of technical correction should be introduced. A technical correction should be added to the target of that Member State corresponding to the effect of the change in the refined methodology on the targets and the efforts of the Member State to achieve them, in order to respect environmental integrity.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. The Union-wide gGreenhouse gas emissions at Member State level in the sectors set out in Article 2(3), points (a) to (j), shall aim to be net zero by 2035 and the Union shall achieve negative emissions thereafter. The Union and t. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the collective achievement of the target for 2035.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation 2018/841
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts by ... 3 months after the entry into force of this Regulation in accordance with Article 16 in order to amend paragraph 1 of this Article and Annex V by adding new categories of carbon storage products, including harvested wood products, and all relevant bio-based products that have a carbon sequestration effect, based on IPCC Guidelines as adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC or the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, and ensuring environmental integrity. The Commission shall take into account the life cycle analysis, the substitution effect, the potential of side streams and residues and the inclusion of bioenergy carbon capture, storage and utilization technologies in carbon storage products.;
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
(a) paragraph 3 is deletedreplaced by the following: “3. To the extent that total removals exceed total emissions in a Member State in the period from 2021 to 2025, and after subtraction of any quantity taken into account under Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 or transferred to another Member State pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article, that Member State may bank the remaining quantity of removals to the period from 2026 to 2030.”;
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The land 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 commitmentCommitment at Member States level 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. Moreover, 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 2050. 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 collective target of climate neutrality in the land sector at EU level in 2035. On the basis of these plans, the Commission should propose national indicative targets, ensuring that the Union-wideeach Member State's greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector and the emissions from the agriculture non-CO2 sectors are at least balanced by 2035. Contrary to the EU level target of climate neutrality for the land sector by 2035, 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 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The land sector has the potential to become rapidlymove towards climate-neutrality by 2035 in a cost-effective manner, and subsequently generate more greenhouse gas removals than emissions. ATo collective commitmentmbine greenhouse gas removals and emission from LULUCF and agricultural emissions under ESR to one accounting system correspondingly to the IPCC reporting guidelines simplifies the climate accounting and makes it more efficient. Commitment at Member State level 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. Moreover, 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 2050. 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 collective 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 that the Union-wideeach Member State's greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector and the emissions from the agriculture non-CO2 sectors are at least balanced by 2035. Contrary to the EU level target of climate neutrality for the land sector by 2035, such national targets will be binding and enforceable on each Member State. im towards carbon neutrality by 2035. __________________ 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 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The accounting rules set out in Articles 6, 7, 8 and 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 were designed to determine the extent to which mitigation performance in the land use, land use change and forestry sector could contribute to the 2030 EU target for reduction of greenhouse gas net emissions of 40 %, which did not include the land use, land use change and forestry sector. In order to simplify the regulatory framework for that sector, the current accounting rules should not apply after 2025, and the compliance with national indicative targets of the Member States should be verified on the basis of reported greenhouse gas emissions and removals. This ensures methodological consistency with Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council35 , Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 , and the determination of the new target for reduction of greenhouse gas net emissions of at least 55 %, which also includes the land use, land use change and forestry sector). __________________ 35Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councils of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading with the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32) as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/410 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2018 amending Directive 2003/87/EC to enhance cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments, and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 (OJ L 76, 19.3.2018, p. 3). 36Regulation (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 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13c – paragraph 1
Article 13c – paragraph 1
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13c – paragraph 2
Article 13c – paragraph 2
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or forest managers and owners need a direct incentive to store more carbon on their land and their forests. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030 while encouraging implementation of sustainable forest management practices. The LULUCF accounting system should be in line with the Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and the outcome of the Climate Summit in Glasgow, to avoid double counting and to enhance development of harmonized global accounting of carbon removals. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030. Carbon removals should be based on solid financial framework, accounting rules and a market based design with public and private resources, whereas CAP- funding should mainly be targeted for food production and ensuring food security. Such incentives and business models will enhance climate mitigation in the bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products and substitution of fossil-based raw materials, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of carbon storage products should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products, while ensuring new innovative solutions taking into account the potential of side streams and residues as well as carbon capture and storage technologies. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling.
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or forest managers need a direct incentive to store more carbon on their land and their forests. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030 and must be further developed thereafter. These business models can only develop if a robust and voluntary carbon certification system is established and funding is secured from both public and private sources to incentivise land users to uptake carbon. These carbon farming schemes should be the main tool to achieve the targets set out in this regulation. Such incentives and business models will enhance climate mitigation in the bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of carbon storage products should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas and are a tool to achieve the targets as set out in this regulation. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to enhance greenhouse gas removals, individual farmers or, forest managers and owners need a direct incentive to store more carbon on their land and their forests. New business models based on carbon farming incentives and on the certification of carbon removals need to be increasingly deployed in the period until 2030. Such incentives and business models will enhance climate mitigation in the bio- economy, including through the use of durable harvested wood products, and through substitution of fossil-based raw materials, in full respect of ecological principles fostering biodiversity and the circular economy. Hence, new categories of all carbon storage products, such as new innovative solutions, all bio-based products and bio-energy carbon and capture storage (BECCS) technologies, should be introduced in addition to the harvested wood products. The emerging business models, farming and land management practices to enhance removals contribute to a balanced territorial development and economic growth in rural areas. They also create opportunities for new jobs and provide incentives for relevant training, reskilling and upskilling.
Amendment 234 #
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 Member State climate-neutrality target as laid down in Article 4(4), additional Union policies and measures, and a post-2035 framework, including in the scope of the Regulation greenhouse gas emissions and removals from additional sectors, such as the marine and freshwater environment.;
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Sustainable forest management brings many benefits to increasing the carbon sink targets as it enhances carbon sinks, prevents natural disturbances and increases biodiversity;
Amendment 239 #
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 UnionMember State´s 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 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Annex III
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Geographically explicit land-use conversion data in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for national GHG inventories. TheMember States are encouraged to develop greenhouse gas inventory shall operate on the basis of electronic databases and geographic information systems, and comprise:
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Considering the specificities of the land use, land use change and forestry sector in each Member State, as well as the fact that Member States need to increase their performance to achieve their national bindingcative targets, a range of flexibilities should remain at the disposal of the Member States, including trading surpluses and the extension of forest-specific flexibilities, while respecting the environmental integrity of the targets.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Annex III
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – indent 1
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – indent 1
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Annex III
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) areas subject to compensation for natural disturbances under paragraph 5 of Article 13b of Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Annex III
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 4
Annex V – Part 3 – paragraph 4
Member States shall aim at from 2026 for all carbon pool emission and removal estimates falling in areas of high carbon stock land use units referred to in point (c) above, areas of land use units under protection or under restoration referred to in points (d) and (e) above, and areas of land use units under high future climate risks referred to in point (f) above, apply Tier 3 methodology, in accordance with the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories.’.
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 concerning the setting out of the annualindicative 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 down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Due to the change to reporting- based targets, the greenhouse gas emissions and removals need to be estimated with a higher level of accuracy. Moreover, the updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy, the Communication from the Commission on EU Biodiversity Strategy for 203038 , the Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system39 , the EU Forest Strategy40 , the revised Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council41 and the Communication from the Commission on Forging a climate-resilient Europe - the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change42 will all require enhanced monitoring of land, thereby helping to protect and enhance the resilience of nature-based carbon removals throughout the Union. The monitoring and reporting of emissions and removals needs to be upgraded, using advanced technologies available under Union programmes, such as Copernicus, and digital data collected under the Common Agricultural Policy, applying the twin transition of green and digital innovation. __________________ 38Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 - Bringing nature back into our lives (COM(2020) 380 final). 39 COM/2020/381 final. 40 […] 41Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82). 42 COM/2021/82 final.
Amendment 315 #
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) an indicative Union target for net greenhouse gas removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector for the period from 2026 to 2030;
Amendment 326 #
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) indicative 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;
Amendment 343 #
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 e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) commitments of Member States to take the necessary measures aiming towards the collective achievement of climate- neutrality in the Unionat Member States level by 2035 in the land use, land use change and forestry sector including emissions by the non-CO2 agriculture.’;
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) carbon storage products
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) carbon storage;
Amendment 392 #
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
2. The 2030 indicative Union target for net greenhouse gas removals is 310 million tonnes CO2 equivalent as a sum of the Member States indicative 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.
Amendment 405 #
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 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Each Member State shall ensure that,aim taking into account the flexibilities provided for in Articles 12 and 13 and 13b, the annualowards the sum of its 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), in each year in the period from 2026 to 2030 does not exceed the indicative limit established by a linear trajectory, ending in 2030 on the indicative target set out for that Member State in Annex IIa. The linear trajectory of a Member State shall start in 2022.
Amendment 424 #
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
3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annual targets based on ththe indicative 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 indicative 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 310 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 or statistical correction due to a change of or refined methodology by Member States. The method for determination of the technical correction to be added to the indicative targets of thea Member States, shall correspond to the effect of the change or refining of the methodology and be set out in these implementing acts. For the purpose of those implementing 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 452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. The Union-wide gGreenhouse gas emissions at Member State level in the sectors set out in Article 2(3), points (a) to (j), shall aim to be net zero by 2035 and the Union shall achieve negative emissions thereafter. The Union and t. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the collective achievement of the target for 2035.
Amendment 460 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2a
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2a
The Commission shall present in 2022 a regulatory framework with a market- based design for the certification of carbon removals through which land- users can receive direct incentives. By 31 December 2024 and every year thereafter, the Commission shall assess whether additional measures or funding is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of this framework in incentivising land-users to increase their carbon storage and to achieve the targets as set out in this regulation.
Amendment 476 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) in Article 5, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Each Member State shall prepare and maintain accounts that accurately reflect the emissions and removals resulting from the land accounting categories referred to in Article 2. Member States shall ensure that their accounts and other data provided under this Regulation are accurate, complete, consistent, publicly accessible, comparable and transparent. Member States shall denote emissions by a positive sign (+) and removals by a negative sign (- ). Or. en (32018R0841, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R0841&rid=1)
Amendment 500 #
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
2. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts by…( 3 months after the entry into force of this Regulation) in accordance with Article 16 in order to amend paragraph 1 of this Article and Annex V by adding new categories of carbon storage products, including harvested wood products,bioenergy carbon capture and storage, harvested wood products and all relevant bio-based products that have a carbon sequestration effect, based on IPCC Guidelines as adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC or the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, and ensuring environmental integrity.; The Commission should take into account the life cycle analysis, the substitution effect, the potential of side streams and residues and the inclusion of bioenergy carbon capture, storage and utilization technologies in carbon storage products.;
Amendment 501 #
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
2. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 in order to amend paragraph 1 of this Article and Annex V by adding new categories of carbon storage products, including harvested wood products, that have a carbon sequestration effect, based on IPCC Guidelines as adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC or the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, and ensuring environmental integrity. The Commission should take into account the life cycle analysis, the substitution effect, the potential side streams and residues and the inclusion of bioenergy carbon capture, storage and utilization technologies in carbon storage products;
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
(a) paragraph 3 is deletedreplaced by the following: ‘To the extent that total removals exceed total emissions in a Member State in the period from 2021 to 2025, and after subtraction of any quantity taken into account under Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 or transferred to another Member State pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article, that Member State may bank the remaining quantity of removals to the period from 2026 to 2030’;
Amendment 549 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall submit evidence to the Commission concerning the impact of natural disturbances calculated pursuant to Annex VI in order to be eligible for compensation of remaining sinks accounted for as emissions against its forest reference level, up to the full amount of unused compensation by other Member States set out in Annex VII for the period from 2021 to 2025. In case the demand for compensation exceeds the amount of unused compensation available, the compensation shall be distributed proportionally among the Member States concerned.’; The Commission shall make the evidence submitted by the Member States publicly available.
Amendment 605 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 13 b – paragraph 5
Article 13 b – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall submit evidence to the Commission concerning the impact of natural disturbances calculated pursuant to Annex VI, in order to be eligible for compensation of remaining sinks accounted for as emissions against the target of a Member State concerned set out in Annex IIa, up to the full amount of unused compensation by other Member States set out in Annex VII for the period from 2026 to 2030. The Commission shall make the evidence submitted by the Member States publicly available. In case the demand for compensation exceeds the amount of unused compensation available, the compensation shall be distributed proportionally among the Member States concerned.
Amendment 612 #
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
Amendment 614 #
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
Amendment 621 #
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 637 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) The implementation of voluntary carbon certification schemes and their contribution to the targets as set out in this regulation;
Amendment 640 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) synergies between climate mitigation and bioeconomy development, including estimates on the GHG savings associated to the substitution of carbon- and fossil-intensive materials with wood- and bio-based materials.
Amendment 650 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
(15a) The following Article 14a is inserted: "Article 14a The Commission shall present in 2022 a legal framework with a market-based design for the certification of carbon removals through which land-users can receive direct incentives. By 31 December 2024 and every year thereafter, the Commission shall assess whether additional measures or funding is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of this framework in incentivising land-users to increase their carbon storage and to achieve the targets as set out in this regulation."
Amendment 678 #
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 annualindicative targets and governance aiming towards the 2035 Member States climate-neutrality target as laid down in Article 4(4), additional Union policies and measures, and a post-2035 framework, including in the scope of the Regulation greenhouse gas emissions and removals from additional sectors, such as the marine and freshwater environment.;
Amendment 689 #
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 indicative 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 UnionMember State 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 731 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1
Annex II – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Annex II a – introductory sentence
Annex II a – introductory sentence
The indicative Union target and the national indicative targets of the Member States of net greenhouse gas removals pursuant to Article 4(2) to be achieved in 2030