3 Amendments of Christofer FJELLNER related to 2008/0016(COD)
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) As indicated in the Commission's working document, SEC(2008)57, support schemes can be excluded from Member States' efforts to support environmental protection measures. Since energy and climate are closely linked issues, Member States should be given incentives to invest in environmentally friendly forms of energy production which do not contribute to further greenhouse gas emissions. As part of this effort, and to ensure that the Member States' overall targets are achieved, Member States should take steps to ensure that energy sources which do not contribute to further carbon dioxide emissions are not treated less favourably,
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To ensure that the overall targets are achieved, Member States should work towards a an indicative trajectory tracing a path towards the achievement of their targets, and should establish a national action plan including sectoral targets, while having in mind that there are different uses of biomass and therefore it is essential to mobilise new biomass re. Since energy and climate are closely linked issues, Member States should be given incentives to invest in environmentally friendly forms of energy production which do not contribute to further greenhouse gas emissions. In order to work towards a solution to the climate problem, it is important to emphasise that climate neutral energy sources should not be treated less favourably in terms of tax than other production sources.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) forest undisturbed by significant human activity, that is to say, forest where there has been no known significant human intervention or where the last significant human intervention was sufficiently long ago to have allowed the natural species composition and processes to have become re-established;