Activities of Gyula HEGYI related to 2008/0016(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) By contrast, it is appropriate for the 10% target for renewable energy in transport to be set at the same level for each Member State in order to ensure consistency in transport fuel specifications and availability. Because transport fuels are traded easily, Member States with low endowments of the relevant resources will easily be able to obtain renewable transport fuels from elsewhere. While it woulIt would be favourable and technically be possible for the Community to meet its biofuel target solely from domestic production, it is both likely and desirable that the target will in fact be met through a combination of domestic production and importn order to minimize the imports of biofuels. To this end, the Commission should monitor the supply of the Community market for biofuels, and should, as appropriate, propose relevant measures to achieve a balanced approach between domestic production and imports, taking into account the development of multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations as well as environmental, cost, energy security and other considerations.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) In order to avoid encouraging the cultivation of raw materials for biofuels and other bioliquids in places where this would lead to high greenhouse gas emissions, the use of default values for cultivation should be limited to regions where such an effect can reliably be ruled out. The EU should rely mainly on domestic biofuel production from its agricultural surplus, as one of the aims of biofuel production is to decrease the dependency on imported fossil fuel.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) In order to permit the achievement of a 10% share of biofuels, it is necessary to ensure that there is second generation biofuel is available and ensure the placing on the market of higher blends of biodiesel in diesel than those envisaged by standard EN590/2004.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in transport in 2020 is at least 10% of final consumption of energy in transport in that Member State, if second generation biofuels are widely available and there is reasonable agricultural surplus capacity within the EU.