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41 Amendments of Lambert van NISTELROOIJ related to 2008/0013(COD)

Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 2
(2) The ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which was approved on behalf of the European Community by Council Decision 94/69/EC of 15 December 1993 concerning the conclusion of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. In order to meet that objective, the overall global annual mean surface temperature increase should not exceed 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment (IPCC) report shows that, in order to reach that objective, global emissions of greenhouse gases must peak by 2020. This implies the increasing of efforts by the Community and the quick involvement of developed and newly industrialised countries and encouraging the participation of developing countries in the emission reduction process.
2008/07/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 4
(4) In order to contribute to achieving those long-term objectives, it is appropriate to set out a predictable path according to which the emissions of installations covered by the Community scheme should be reduced. To achieve cost-effectively the commitment of the Community to at least a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels, emission allowances allocated in respect of those installations should be 21% below their 2005 emission levels by 2020. Regarding a possible 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels, the number of emission allowances allocated in respect of those installations should be determined by 30 June 2009.
2008/07/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 10
(10) Where equivalent measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in particular taxation, are in place for small installations whose emissions do not exceed a threshold of 1025 000 tonnes of CO2 per year, there should be a procedure for enabling Member States to exclude such small installations from the emissions trading system for so long as those measures are applied. This threshold relatively offers the maximum gain in terms of reduction of administrative costs for each tonne excluded from the system, for reasons of administrative simplicity. As a consequence of the move from five-year allocation periods, and in order to increase certainty and predictability, provisions should be set on the frequency of revision of greenhouse gas emission permits.
2008/07/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 12
(12) This contribution is equivalent to a reduction of emissions in 2020 in the Community scheme of 21% below reported 2005 levels, which is more than 30 % below their 1990 levels, including the effect of the increased scope from the period 2005 to 2007 to the period 2008 to 2012 and the 2005 emission figures for the trading sector used for the assessment of the Bulgarian and Romanian national allocation plan for the period 2008 to 2012, leading to an issue of a maximum of 1 720 million allowances in the year 2020. Exact quantities of emissions will be calculated once Member States have issued allowances pursuant to Commission Decisions on their national allocation plans for the period 2008 to 2012, as the approval of allocations to some installations was contingent upon their emissions having been substantiated and verified. Once the issue of allowances for the period 2008 to 2012 has taken place, the Commission will publish the Community-wide quantity. Adjustments should be made to the Community-wide quantity in relation to installations which are included in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012 or from 2013 onwards.
2008/07/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 13
(13) The additional effort to be made by the European economy requires inter alia that the revised Community scheme operate with the highest possible degree of economic efficiency and on the basis of fully harmonised conditions of allocation within the Community. Auctioning should therefore be the basic principle for allocation, as it is the simplest and generally considered to be the most economically efficient system for most sectors covered by the Community scheme. This should also eliminate windfall profits and put new entrants and higher than average growing economies on the same competitive footing as existing installations. As long as no international agreement is reached which will level the playing field for sectors covered by the Community scheme, the Commission should evaluate the sectors that encounter disproportionate disadvantages as a result of auctioning and they can be exempted from the system.
2008/07/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 15
(15) Given the considerable efforts of combating climate change and of adapting to its inevitable effects, it is appropriate that at least 250% of the proceeds during the period 2013-2020 from the auctioning of allowances should be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to adapt to the impacts of climate change, to fund research and development for reducing emissions and adaptation, to develop renewable energies to meet the EU’s commitment to using 20% renewable energies by 2020, to meet the commitment of the Community to increase energy efficiency by 20% by 2020, for the capture and geological storage of greenhouse gases, to contribute to the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund, for measures to avoid deforestation and facilitate adaptation in developing countries, and for addressing social aspects such as possible increases in electricity prices in lower and middle income households. This proportion is significantly below the expected net revenues for public authorities from auctioning, taking into account potentially reduced income from corporate taxes. In addition, proceeds from auctioning of allowances should be used to cover administrative expenses of the management of the Community scheme. Provisions should be included on monitoring the use of funds from auctioning for these purposes. Such notification does not release Member States from the obligation laid down in Article 88(3) of the Treaty, to notify certain national measures. The Directive does not prejudice the outcome of any future State aid procedures that may be undertaken in accordance with Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty. The use of proceeds from auctioning of allowances to support avoided deforestation and other sustainable forestry projects and activities must be complementary to effective market-based instruments, such as allowing operators of installations to use forest-based carbon credits in the Community scheme.
2008/07/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) No undue distortion of competition should be created between installations whether they are externalised or not.
2008/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 17
(17) For other sectors covered by the Community scheme, a transitional system should be foreseen for which free allocation in 2013 would be 80% of the amount that corresponded to the percentage of the overall Community-wide emissions throughout the period 2005 to 2007 that those installations emitted as a proportion of the annual Community-wide total quantity of allowances. Thereafter, the free allocation should decrease each year by equal amounts resulting in no free allocation in 2020. As long as no international agreement is reached which will level the playing field for EU emission trading scheme sectors, the Commission should evaluate the sectors that encounter disproportionate disadvantages as a result of auctioning and they can be exempted from the system.
2008/07/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 18
(18) Transitional free allocation to installations should be provided for through harmonised Community-wide rules ("benchmarks") in order to minimise distortions of competition within the Community. These rules should take account of the most greenhouse gas and energy efficient techniques, substitutes, alternative production processes, use of biomass, renewables and greenhouse gas capture and storage. Any such rules should not give incentives to increase emissions and ensure that an increasing proportion of these allowances is auctioned. Allocations must be fixed prior to the trading period so as to enable the market to function properly. They shall also avoid undue distortions of competition on the markets for electricity and heat supplied to industrial installations. They shall further avoid undue distortions of competition between industrial activities carried out in installations operated by a single operator and production in outsourced installations. These rules should apply to new entrants carrying out the same activities as existing installations receiving transitional free allocations. To avoid any distortion of competition within the internal market, no free allocation should be made in respect of the production of electricity by new entrants, which is not the case of electricity recovered from unavoidable waste gases and other residues, and electricity produced in connection with industrial heat consumption for the own consumption of the operators of the installations. Allowances which remain in the set-aside for new entrants in 2020 should be auctioned.
2008/07/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point c
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 – point u a (new)
(ua) ‘externalised installation’ means an installation owned and/or operated by a third party which fulfils a function that may alternatively be provided by an internal production activity integrated into the production process of the economic sector concerned.
2008/06/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 19
(19) The Community will continue to take the lead in the negotiation of an ambitious international agreement that will achieve the objective of limiting global temperature increase to 2°C and is encouraged by the progress made in Bali towards this objective. In the event that other developed countries and other major emitters of greenhouse gases do not participate in this international agreement, this could lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions in third countries where industry would not be subject to comparable carbon constraints (“carbon leakage”), and at the same time could put certain energy- intensive sectors and sub-sectors in the Community which are subject to international competition at an economic disadvantage. This could undermine the environmental integrity and benefit of actions by the Community. To address the risk of carbon leakage, the Community will allocate allowances free of charge up to 100% to sectors or sub-sectors meeting the relevant criteria. The definition of these sectors and sub-sectors and the measures required will be subject to re-assessment before 30 December 2009 to ensure that action is taken where necessary and to avoid overcompensation. For those specific sectors or sub-sectors where it can be duly substantiated that the risk of carbon leakage cannot be prevented otherwise, where electricity constitutes a high proportion of production costs and is produced efficiently, the action taken may take into account the electricity consumption in the production process, without changing the total quantity of allowances.
2008/07/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Sectors will have to produce evidence themselves to prove they meet the exemption criteria before 30 June 2009 so the Commission can make an assessment in December 2009.
2008/07/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 20
(20) The Commission should therefore review the situation by June 20110 at the latest, consult with all relevant social partners, and, in the light of the outcome of the international negotiations, submit a report accompanied by any appropriate proposals. In this context, the Commission should identify which energy intensive industry sectors or sub-sectors are likely to be subject to carbon leakage not later than 30 JuneDecember 20109. It should base its analysis on the assessment of the inability to pass on the cost of required allowances in product prices without significant loss of market share to installations outside the Community not taking comparable action to reduce emissions. Energy-intensive industries which are determined to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage could receive a higher amount of free allocation or an effective carbon equalisation system could be introduced with a view to putting installations from the Community which are at significant risk of carbon leakage and those from third countries on a comparable footing. Such a system could apply requirements to importers that would be no less favourable than those applicable to installations within the EU, for example by requiring the surrender of allowances or by a tariff within the WTO on the import of non- climate friendly produced goods. The Commission should investigate the possibilities of such measures by July 2009. Any action taken would need to be in conformity with the principles of the UNFCCC, in particular the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, taking into account the particular situation of Least Developed Countries. It would also need to be in conformity with the international obligations of the Community including the WTO agreement.
2008/07/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 22
(22) In order to provide predictability, operators should be given certainty about their potential after 2012 to use CERs and ERUs up to the remainder of the level which they were allowed to use in the period 2008 to 2012and other emission reduction credits up to [10,5]% of their annual emissions, from project types which were accepted by allt least one Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 toup to and including 2012. As carry-over by Member States of CERs and ERUs held by operators between commitments periods under international agreements (‘banking’ of CERs and ERUs) cannot take place before 2015, and only if Member States choose to allow the banking of those CERs and ERUs within the context of limited rights to bank such credits, this certainty should be given by requiring Member States to allow operators to exchange such CERs and ERUs issued in respect of emission reductions before 2012 for allowances valid from 2013 onwards. However, as Member States should not be obliged to accept CERs and ERUs which it is not certain they will be able to use towards their existing international commitments, this requirement should not extend beyond 31 December 2014. Operators should be given the same certainty concerning such CERs issued from projects that have been established before 2013 in respect of emission reductions from 2013 onwards.
2008/07/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point (a)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 – point (c)
"(c) 'greenhouse gases' means the gases listed in Annex II and other gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and gases listed in future international agre-emit infrared radiationents;"
2008/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Installations, whether they are externalised or not, will receive equal treatment as regards emissions allowances.
2008/06/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point (c)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 – point [(v)] (new)
[(v)] ‘Sectors exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage’ means sectors identified in accordance with the criteria of Article 10a(9) and which are listed in Annex Ia;
2008/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 3
The Commission shall review the linear factor no later than 202516.
2008/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 3 - introductory part
In the determination referred to in the first subparagraph the Commission shall take into account the extent to which it is possible for the sector or sub-sector concerned to pass on the cost of the required allowances in product prices without significant loss of market share to less carbon efficient installations outside or inside the Community, taking into account the following:
2008/06/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - introduction
3. At least 250% of the revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 2, including all revenues from the auctioning referred to in point (b) thereof, should be used for the following:
2008/07/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - point c a (new)
(ca) the further development of clean energy sources, such as hydrogen;
2008/07/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - subparagraph 1 a (new)
The remainder of the revenues from the auction referred to in paragraph 2 may be channelled back to the undertakings which participated in that auction and/or have been required to pay higher electricity prices as a result of the auction in the electricity sector. The revenues may be channelled back in the form of reductions in other taxes and/or social insurance contributions or through the provision of technology.
2008/07/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. The Commission shall, at the latest by 30 June 20110, adopt Community wide and fully- harmonised implementing measures for allocating the allowances referred to in paragraphs 2 to 6 and 8 in a harmonised manner.
2008/07/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall, to the extent feasible, ensure that allocation takes place in a manner that gives incentives for greenhouse gas and energy efficient techniques and for reductions in emissions, by taking account of the most efficient techniques, substitutes, alternative production processes, use of biomass and greenhouse gas capture and storage, and shall not give incentives to increase emissions. No free allocation shall be made in respect of any electricity production, except for electricity produced in connection with industrial heat consumption or produced from residues from an industrial process provided that it is for the own consumption of the operators of the installations; such allocations shall be made under the same allocation principles as applied to that industrial activity as mentioned in Annex I. However, where a waste gas from a production process is used as a fuel, all allowances shall be allocated for free to the operator of the installation generating the waste gas according to the same allocation principles as applied for that installation.
2008/07/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 444 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 3
3. Free allocation mayshall be given to electricity generators in respect of the production of heatthe production of heat that is supplied to industries and other consumers through high efficiency cogeneration as defined by Directive 2004/8/EC for economically justifiable demand to ensure equal treatment with regard to other producers of heat. In each year subsequent to 2013, the total allocation to such installations in respect of the production of that heat shall be adjusted by the linear factor referred to in Article 9.
2008/07/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 4
4. The maximum amount of allowances that is the basis for calculating allocations to installations which carry out activities in 2013 and received a free allocation in the period 2008 to 2012 shall not exceed, as a proportion of the annual Community-wide total quantity, the percentage of the corresponding emissions in the period 2005 to 2007 that those installations emitted. A correction factor shall be applied where necessary.deleted
2008/07/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 5
5. The maximum amount of allowances that is the basis for calculating allocations to installations which are only included in the Community scheme from 2013 onwards shall not exceed, in 2013, the total verified emissions of those installations in 2005 to 2007. In each subsequent year, the total allocation to such installations shall be adjusted by the linear factor referred to in Article 9.deleted
2008/07/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 492 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3
No free allocation shall be made in respect of any electricity production by new entrants, except for electricity produced in connection with industrial heat consumption or produced from residues from an industrial process provided that it is for the own consumption of the operators of the installations; such allocations shall be made under the same allocation principles as applied to that industrial activity as mentioned in Annex I. However, where a waste gas from a production process is used as a fuel, all allowances shall be allocated for free to the operator of the installation generating the waste gas with the same allocation principles as applied for that installation.
2008/07/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 7
7. Subject to Article 10b, the amount of allowances allocated free of charge under paragraphs 3 to 6 of this Article [and paragraph 2 of Article 3c] in 2013 shall be 80 100% of the quantity determined in accordance with the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 and thereafter the free allocation shall decrease each year by equal amounts resulting in no80 % free allocation in 2020. The Commission shall review this percentage in 2020 and then periodically every 4 years. The review shall take into account observed environmental and economic impacts. All relevant social partners shall be consulted. Any measures taken by the Commission following that review, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article [23(3)].
2008/07/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 8
8. ISubject to Article 10b, in 2013 and in each subsequent year up to 2020, installations in sectors which are exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage shall be allocated all allowances free of charge up to 100 percent of the quantity determined in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 6determined in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 3 free of charge and without changing the total quantity of allowances according to Article 9.
2008/07/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 587 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b
1. Not later than June 2011 and thereafter every five years, the Commission shall, in the light of the outcome of the international negotiations and the extent to which these lead to global greenhouse gas emission reductions, whilst providing for equal treatment of competing industries and after consulting with all relevant social partners, submit to the European Parliament and to the Council an analytical report assessing the situation with special regard to energy-intensive sectors or sub- sectors that have beeno determined to beheir exposured to significant risks of carbon leakage. This shall be accompanied by any appropriate proposals, which may include: - adjusting the proportion of allowances received free of charge by those sectors or sub-sectors under Article 10a; - inclusion in the Community scheme of importers of products produced by the sectors or sub-sectors determined in accordance with Article 10a. Any binding sectoral agreements which lead to global emiss according to paragraph 3. 2. The analytical report referred to in paragraph 1 shall be accompanied by any appropriate proposals, which take into consideration the timeframe until full implementation and shall include: - adjusting the proportion of allowances received free of charge by those sectors or sub-sectors under Article 10a; - for leakage effects not covered by other measures carbon equalisation systems for exporters and importers of products produced by the sectors covered by Article 10a. Such systems shall not reduce liquidity of the allowance market. Any binding sectoral agreements which provide for equal treatment of competing industries and which are monitorable, verifiable and subject to mandatory enforcement arrangements shall also be taken into account when considering what measures are appropriate. 3. In the determinations reductions of the magnitude required to effectively address climate change, and which are monitorable, verifiable and subject to mandatory enforcement arrangements shall also be taken into account when considering what measures are appropriate. ferred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall take into account the extent to which it is possible for the sector or sub-sector concerned to pass on the cost of the required allowances in product prices without significant loss of market share to installations operating in countries outside the Community that did not impose equivalent and verifiable constraints on emissions, taking into account the following: (a) the extent to which auctioning would lead to a substantial increase in production cost; (b) the extent to which it is possible for individual installations in the sector concerned to reduce emission levels for instance on the basis of the most efficient techniques; (c) market structure, relevant geographic and product market, the exposure of the sectors to international competition; (d) the effect of climate change and energy policies implemented, or expected to be implemented outside the EU in the sectors concerned; (e) the effect of passing through CO2 costs in electricity prices in the sector or sub- sector concerned. For the purposes of evaluating whether the cost increase resulting from the Community scheme can be passed on, estimates of lost sales resulting from the increased carbon price or the impact on the profitability of the installations concerned may inter alia be used. That measure, designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article [23(3)].
2008/07/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 606 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b - indent 2 a (new)
- adjusting the number of allowances received free of charge to compensate for the indirect effect of passing through CO2 costs in electricity prices for those sectors determined in accordance with Article 10a(3) as being particularly impacted by this pass-through cost. Allowances for the compensation of pass-through of CO2 cost will be additional and subtracted from the allowances allocated according to Article 10(1) and shall not be subject to Article 12(1) and (3).
2008/07/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a - paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The Commission shall endeavour to ensure that any agreement referred to in paragraph 5 and the international agreement referred to in paragraph 7 includes a crediting system for afforestation, reforestation, reduced emissions from deforestation and other sustainable forestry projects and activities, including erosion avoidance and cleaning of waste water. Operators of installations shall be allowed to use any credits resulting from avoided deforestation, afforestation and reforestation and other sustainable forestry projects and activities in developing countries that are agreed under the agreements referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6.
2008/07/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 685 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 14
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 16 - paragraph 4
4. The excess emissions penalty relating to allowances issued from 1 January 2013 onwards shall increase in accordance with the European Index of Consumer Prices. Payment of the excess emissions penalty shall not release the operator from the obligation to surrender an amount of allowances equal to those excess emissions when surrendering allowances in relation to the following calendar year.
2008/07/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 703 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 19
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 24 a - paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Greenhouse gas emissions which are captured and stored shall be considered as “not emitted”. No surrender of allowances shall be required for these emissions.
2008/07/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 720 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 21
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 27 - paragraph 1
1. Member States mayshall at the request of the operator exclude, from the Community scheme, combustion installations which have a rated thermal input below 25 MW, reported emissions to the competent authority of less than 1025 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in each of the preceding 3 years, and which are subject to measures that will achieve an equivalent contribution to emission reductions, if the Member State concerned complies with the following conditions: (a) it notifies the Commission of each such installation, specifying the equivalent measures that are in place, (b) it confirms that monitoring arrangements are in place to assess whether any installation emits 1025 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year; (c) it confirms that if any installation emits 1025 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year or the equivalent measures are no longer in place, the installation will be re-introduced into the system; (d) it publishes the information referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) for public comment.
2008/07/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 751 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 21
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 - paragraph 2
2. From the year following the conclusion of the international agreement referred to in paragraph 1, the linear factor shall increase so that the Community quantity of allowances in 2020 is lower Commission shall, on the basis of a full impact assessment of the cost effectiveness of the means to achieve these reductions as well as impacts of other measures detailed withain that established pursuant to Article 9, by a quantity of allowances equivalent toe international agreement, submit a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and the Council suggesting a further reduction of the Community quantity of allowances in 2020 taking into account the overall reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by the Community below 20% to which the international agreement commits the Community, multiplied by the share of overall greenhouse gas emission reductions in 2020 which the Community scheme is contributing pursuant to Articles 9 and 9a.
2008/07/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 758 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 21
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 - paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. An international agreement as referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be an agreement between countries which leads to global emissions reductions of the magnitude required to effectively address climate change, and which are monitorable, verifiable and subject to mandatory enforcement arrangements. Such an international agreement should include a critical mass of world wide sectoral production. Countries subject to such an international agreement shall agree to implement and enforce measures which result in an equivalent burden for industries exposed to international competition.
2008/07/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 775 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 21 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 a (new)
(21a) The following Article 28a is inserted: "Article 28a Pooling 1. Member States may allow operators of installations carrying out one of the activities listed in Annex I to form a pool of installations from the same activity for the period referred to in Article 11(1) and/or the first five-year period referred to in Article 9 in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 6 of this Article. 2. Operators carrying out an activity listed in Annex I who wish to form a pool shall apply to the competent authority, specifying the installations and the period for which they want the pool and supplying evidence that a trustee will be able to fulfil the obligations referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4. 3. Operators wishing to form a pool shall nominate a trustee: (a) to be issued with the total quantity of allowances calculated by installation of the operators [...]; (b) to be responsible for surrendering allowances equal to the total emissions from installations in the pool [...]; and (c) to be restricted from making further transfers in the event that an operator's report has not been verified as satisfactory in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 15. 4. The trustee shall be subject to the penalties applicable for breaches of requirements to surrender sufficient allowances to cover the total emissions from installations in the pool, by way of derogation from Article 16(2), (3) and (4). 5. A Member State that wishes to allow one or more pools to be formed shall submit the application referred to in paragraph 2 to the Commission. Without prejudice to the Treaty, the Commission may within three months of receipt reject an application that does not fulfil the requirements of this Directive. Reasons shall be given for any such decision. In the case of rejection the Member State may only allow the pool to be formed if proposed amendments are accepted by the Commission. 6. In the event that the trustee fails to comply with penalties referred to in paragraph 4, each operator of an installation in the pool shall be responsible under Articles 12(3) and 16 in respect of emissions from its own installation."
2008/07/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 778 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 21 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28 b (new)
(21a) The following Article 28b is inserted: "Article 28b Use of credits from forestry activities Notwithstanding Articles 11a and 28, Member States shall allow operators of installations to use credits, up to a level of (X)% of their installations’ annual verified emissions, from: (a) afforestation and reforestation projects certified by the CDM Executive Board and those verified under the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee procedure; (b) forestry activities in developing countries with which an agreement has been concluded in accordance with Article 11a(5); and (c) any forestry projects in developing countries that are in compliance with the international agreement referred to in Article 28."
2008/07/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 814 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex I a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Annex I a (new)
ANNEX Ia The following is added as Annex Ia to Directive 2003/87/EC: “ANNEX Ia List of energy intensive sectors exposed to significant risk of carbon leakage Cement Ceramics Chemicals Clay Glass Iron and steel Lime Pulp and Paper”* * All sectors to be specified by Parliament and Council before the adoption of this Directive.
2008/07/18
Committee: ENVI