5 Amendments of Bernadette BOURZAI related to 2008/0016(COD)
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47 a (new)
Recital 47 a (new)
(47a) Agriculture and forestry in the EU have substantially contributed to mitigating the effects of climate change, as evidenced by the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by 10% between 1990 and 2004 in the EU-15, and by 14% in the EU-25, and it is expected that, by 2010, EU agriculture emissions will be 16% below their 1990 level. Nevertheless, all efforts are welcome to promote new, energy efficient ways of production and further reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by financing investment and research to achieve this objective.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47 b (new)
Recital 47 b (new)
(47b) The Commission in its communication of 26 November 1997 entitled 'Energy for the future: renewable sources of energy - White Paper for a Community strategy and action plan' (COM(1997)0599), stated that, to achieve the goal of increasing the use of renewable energy resources within the energy mix, the amount of energy produced from biomass would need to more than double.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47 c (new)
Recital 47 c (new)
(47c) The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the 12 March 2008 on sustainable agriculture and biogas: a need for review of EU legislation (2007/2107(INI)1), in which it stated that there is a significant potential in biogas in particular among the renewable energies. There is a high potential for a considerable increase in biogas production, particularly given the contributions from livestock production (livestock manure), sludge, waste, and plants unsuitable for food and feed production as preferred biogas materials. In order to realize this potential, there is a need for a coherent biogas policy in the European Union by coordinating between the relevant European policies such as the renewable energy policy, the Common Agricultural Policy and the Rural and Regional Development policies. Measures are needed for the construction and promotion of biogas installations based on a national or regional impact assessment, promoting those installations that, nationally and/or regionally, are most beneficial to the environment and which are economically sustainable. If regional and rural development regulations do not allow funding of such measures, they must be amended. Member States should engage in national and regional planning in order to limit legal and administrative impediments. Natural gas or other fossil fuels should not be preferred in areas in which it is feasible to sell heat generated from biogas to local heating providers. Annual statistics and reports on agricultural biogas production are needed in order to be able to follow up on the targets ________ 1 Texts adopted, P6_TA-PROV(2008)0095..
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 − paragraph 1
Article 3 − paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in final consumption of energy in 2020 is at least their overall target for the share of energy from renewable sources in that year, as set out in the third column of the table in Part A of Annex I, it being understood that each Member State is also required to make efforts in the field of energy efficiency.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 15 − paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The aim of this directive is full harmonisation of sustainability criteria for agrifuels and other bioliquids, as well as for heating and cooling energy produced from renewable energy sources.