Activities of Christofer FJELLNER related to 2012/0288(COD)
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RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources PDF (770 KB) DOC (619 KB)
Amendments (21)
Amendment 84 #
Council position
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Where pasture or agricultural land previously destined for food and feed markets is diverted to biofuel production, the non-fuel demand will still need to be satisfied either through intensification of current production or by bringing non- agricultural land into production elsewhere. The latter case constitutes indirect land-use change and when it involves the conversion of land with high carbon stock it can lead to significant greenhouse gas emissions. Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC should therefore be amended to include provisions to address indirect land-use change given that current biofuels are mainly produced from crops grown on existing agricultural land. These provisions should take due account of the need to protect investments already made.
Amendment 94 #
Council position
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, provide high greenhouse gas emission savings, with low risk of causing indirect land-use change, and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. It is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater production of such advanced biofuels as they are currently not commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop-based biofuel technologies. Each Member State should promote the consumption of such advanced biofuels, through setting non- legally binding sub-targets at national leensure that they meet the target for such advanced biofuels at 1 % set out in this Directivel, within the obligation of ensuring that the share of energy from renewable sources in all forms of transport in 2020 is at least 10 % of the final consumption of energy in transport in that Member State. It is also appropriate for Member States to report on their achievements towards such national sub-targetthe sub-target for advanced biofuels in 2020, a synthesis report of which should be published, in order to assess the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive in reducing the risk of indirect land-use change greenhouse gas emissions through the promotion of advanced biofuels. Such advanced biofuels and their promotion are expected to continue to play an important role in the decarbonisation of transport and the development of low-carbon transport technologies beyond that date.
Amendment 100 #
Council position
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The Commission should undertake a comprehensive review of the Union's biofuels legislation, with the view to render it technology-neutral after 2020. The review should contain an analysis of the cost-effectiveness of the current policy of subsidising the marketing of biofuels and investment in facilities for biofuels production versus investment in research and innovation in new, more cost- effective renewable fuels. If appropriate, the Commission should submit to the European Parliament and the Council a legislative proposal to reform the biofuels framework.
Amendment 109 #
Council position
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Mitigation of the risk of indirect land-use change should be incentivised by encouraging better land use management and low ILUC-risk biofuels.
Amendment 110 #
Council position
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 115 #
Council position
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) To meet the Union objective to reduce transport emissions, Member States could use national tax policies to promote the use of biofuels, with a tax levied only on fuels which contain fossil carbon.
Amendment 117 #
Council position
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) A greater use of electricity from renewable sources is a means of addressing many of the challenges in the transport sector as well as in other energy sectors. It is therefore appropriate to provide additional incentives to stimulate the use of electricity from renewable sources in the transport sector, and to increase the multiplication factors for the calculation of the contribution from electricity from renewable sources consumed by electrified rail transport and electric road vehicles so as to enhance their deployment and market penetration.
Amendment 129 #
Council position
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Limiting the amount of biofuels and bioliquids obtained from food crops that can be counted towards targets set out in Directive 2009/28/EC does not affect the Member States' freedom to arrange their own trajectory as to compliance with the prescribed share of conventional biofuels within the overall 10 % target. As a consequence, the access to the market of the biofuels produced by the installations in operation before the end of 20135 remains fully open. Therefore this Directive does not affect the legitimate expectations of the operators of such installations.
Amendment 139 #
Council position
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The Commission should include the estimated indirect land-use change emissions should be included in the reporting by the Commissionin the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC. Biofuels made from feedstocks that do not lead to additional demand for land, such as those from waste feedstocks, should be assigned a zero emissions factor.
Amendment 149 #
Council position
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) The market is by far the most efficient mechanism for allocating resources. The use of resources should be decided by market mechanisms, not political decisions or inferior principles on how resources are most efficiently used.
Amendment 162 #
Council position
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 2 – point 11
Article 2 – point 11
11. 'low indirect land-use change-risk biofuels' means biofuels, the feedstocks of which are not listed in Part A of Annex V, or are listed in Part A of Annex V, but were produced within schemes which reduce the displacement of production for purposes other than for making biofuels and which were produced in accordance with the sustainability criteria for biofuels laid down in Article 7b. Only the amount of feedstock which corresponds to the actual reduction in displacement achieved through the scheme may be considered. Such schemes may either operate as individual projects at a local level or as policy measures covering partly or entirely the territory of a Member State or a third country. Displacement of production for purposes other than for making biofuels can be reduced if the scheme achieves productivity increases within the area it covers beyond levels which would have prevailed in the absence of such productivity-promoting schemes;
Amendment 237 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iii
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) for the calculation of the contribution from electricity produced from renewable sources and consumed in all types of electric vehicles and for the production of renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non- biological origin for the purpose of points (a) and (b), Member States may choose to use either the average share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the Union or the share of electricity from renewable energy sources in their own country as measured two years before the year in question. Furthermore, for the calculation of the electricity from renewable energy sources consumed by electrified rail transport, that consumption shall be considered to be 2,5 times the energy content of the input of electricity from renewable energy sources. For the calculation of the electricity from renewable energy sources consumed by electric road vehicles in point (b), that consumption shall be considered to be five2,5 times the energy content of the input of electricity from renewable energy sources.
Amendment 247 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iv
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iv
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch-rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than 76.5 % of the final consumption of energy in transport in the Member States in 2020;
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7b – paragraph 2
Article 7b – paragraph 2
Amendment 261 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iv
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iv
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point e
(e) Member States shall seek to achieve the objective ofensure that they achieve a minimum proportion of biofuels produced from feedstocks and other fuels, listed in part A of Annex IX, being consumed on their territory. To that effect, each Member State shall set a national target, which it shall endeavour to achieve. A reference value for this target is 0,5 percentage points in energy content of the share of energy from renewable sources in all forms of transport in 2020 referred to in the first subparagraph, to be met with biofuels produced from feedstocks and other fuels, listed in part A of Annex IX, and which shall be considered to be twice their energy content in accordance with point (f) of this subparagraph and part A of Annex IXhis target shall be 1% of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020. In addition, biofuels made from feedstocks not listed in Annex IX that were determined to be wastes, residues, non- food cellulosic material or ligno-cellulosic material by the competent national authorities and are used in existing installations prior to the adoption of Directive 2014/…/EU+ of the European Parliament and of the Council*, may be counted towards the national target. Member States may set a national target lower than the reference value of 0,5 percentage points, based on one or more of the following grounds: (i) objective factors such as the limited potential for the sustainable production of biofuels produced from feedstocks and other fuels, listed in part A of Annex IX, or the limited availability of such biofuels at cost efficient prices on the market, taking into account the assessment contained in the Commission report referred to in Article 3(1) of Directive 2014/…/EU. (ii) the specific technical or climatic characteristics of the national market for transport fuels, such as the composition and condition of the road vehicle fleet; or (iii) national policies allocating commensurate financial resources to incentivising the use of electricity from renewable energy sources in transport. The Commission shall publish: – the national targets of the Member States and, where applicable, the grounds for differentiation of their national target as compared to the reference value, notified in accordance with Article 4(2) of Directive 2014/…/EU+; – a synthesis report on Member States' achievements towards their national targets.; in order to take into account investments already made. __________________ + OJ: please insert the number of this Directive.
Amendment 275 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iv
Article 2 – point 2 – point b – point iv
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in petrol and diesel in 2020 is at least 7,5 % of the final consumption of energy in petrol and diesel in that Member State. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 25a in order to implement a blending mandate for advanced biofuels to meet the target referred to in Article 3(4) of this Directive.
Amendment 332 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 9 – point a
Article 2 – point 9 – point a
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point i
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point i
(i) the development and share of biofuels made from feedstocks listed in Annex IX including a resource assessment focusing on the sustainability aspects relating to the effect of the replacement of food and feed products for biofuel production, taking due account of the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC, the biomass cascading principle, the maintenance of the necessary carbon stock in the soil and the quality of the soil and the ecosystems;
Amendment 338 #
Council position
Article 2 – point 10 – point c
Article 2 – point 10 – point c
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point e
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point e
(e) the availability and sustainability of biofuels made from feedstocks listed in Annex IX, including an assessment of the effect of the replacement of food and feed products for biofuel production, taking due account of the principles of the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC, the biomass cascading principle, the maintenance of the necessary carbon stock in the soil and the quality of soil and ecosystems; and
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point ii
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point ii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops shall be no more than 5%, the estimated share at the end of 2011, of the final consumption of energy in transport in 2020.
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex II – point 3Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part A
Part A. Feedstocks whose contribution towards the target referred to in Article 3(4) shall be considered to be four times their energy content (a) Algae (b) Biomass fraction of mixed municipal waste, but not separated household waste subject to recycling targets under Article 11(2)(a) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives. (c) Biomass fraction of industrial waste. (d) Straw. (e) Animal manure and sewage sludge. (f) Palm oil mill effluent and empty palm fruit bunch and residues, except waste subject to separate collection under Article 11(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives. (gd) Tall oil pitch. (h) Crude glycerine. (i) Bagasse. (j) GBiomass fraction of waste and residues from agriculture and agriculture related industry such as bagasse, shells, husks, grape marcs and, wine lees and cobs. (ke) Nut shells. (l) Husks. (m) Cobs (n) BarkBiomass fraction of wastes and residues from forestry and forestry related industries such as bark, leaves, needles, branches, leavetree tops, saw dust and, cutter shavings, black liquor, brown liquor, lignine, and tall oil.
Amendment 603 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex II – point 3Directive 2009/28/EC
Annex IX – part B – point c