25 Amendments of Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS related to 2008/0016(COD)
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) A coordinated approach is needed to develop training and appropriate certification should be made available to small scale renewable energy equipment installers in order to avoid market distortions and to ensure high quality products and service provision for consumers. National certification schemes should be mutually recognised by Member States and should therefore be based on minimum harmonised principles, taking into account European technology standards, and existing training and qualification regimes for renewable energy equipment installers. Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications should continue to apply to issues not governed by this Directive, such as the recognition of professional qualifications of installers notgovern the recognition of professional qualifications for regulated professions. In so far as entering or exercising the profession of installer is regulated, the preconditions for recognition of professional qualifications are laid down in Directive 2005/36/EC; these preconditions should also apply to installers certified in onea Member State.
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) When designing their support systems, Member States may, for a limited period, encourage the use of or investments in biofuels which give additional benefits – including the benefits of diversification offered by biofuels made from wastes, residues, non-food cellulosic material, and ligno-cellulosic material – by taking due account of the different costs of producing energy from traditional biofuels on the one hand and of these biofuels which give additional benefits on the other hand. Member States may encourage investment in the development of renewable energy technologies that need time to become competitiveallocated on the basis of documented inherent greenhouse gas emission reduction capabilities. This would allow the development of better performing biofuel production chains.
Amendment 655 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. In their building regulations and codes Member States shall requirpromote the use of minimum levels of energysystems and appliances for heating and cooling from renewable energy sources in new or refurbished buildings. Any exemption from those minimum levels shall be transparent and based on criteria relating to:
Amendment 656 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. In their building regulations and codes Member States shall require the use of minimum levels of energy from renewable sources in new or refurbished buildings. Any exemption from those minimum levels shall be transparent and based on criteria relating to:
Amendment 662 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the use of passive, low or zero energy buildings;, including houses that are connected to district heating or cooling networks that fulfil the criteria in the guidelines for environmental subsidies, or
Amendment 671 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) the predominant use of combined heat and power, whether direct or by way of district heating.
Amendment 713 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall develop certensure that certification schemes or equivalent qualification schemes for installers of small-scale biomass boilers and stoves, solar photovoltaic and solar thermal systems and heat pumps. Those are available. The certification schemes shall be based on the criteria laid down in Annex IV. Each Member State shall recognise certification awarded by other Member States in accordance with these criteria; this shall not affect Directive 2005/36/EC.
Amendment 821 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall establish the criteria and geographic ranges to determine which grassland shall be covered by point (c). Such a measure designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure wmandate the European standardization body CEN to propose pan-European criteria, indicators and methodologies that shall be used to determine what constitutes the status covered by point (a), (b) and (c) and how ith scrutiny referred to in Article 21(3)hould be established and verified.
Amendment 837 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The Commission shall mandate the European standardization body CEN to develop harmonised criteria and specifications that shall be used to determine what constitute the statuses covered by point (a) and (b) and how it should be established and verified.
Amendment 881 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Where biofuels and other bioliquids are to be taken into account for the purposes referred to in Article 15(1), Member states shall require economic operatofuels suppliers to show that the environmental sustainability criteria set out in Article 15 have been fulfilled. For this purpose they shall require economic operators to use mass balance system providing the following: a) consignments of raw material or biofuels with differing sustainability characteristics can be mixed; b) information about the sustainability characteristics and sizes of the consignments referred to in point (a) remains assigned to the mixture; and c) it is ensured th for an equivalent quantity of biofuel. For this purpose they shall require fuels suppliers to surrender sustainability certificates either directly obtained from the biofuel providers from whom they have purchased the biofuels or purchased in a certificate the sum of all consignments withdrawn from the mixture is described as rading market, according to which of the two practical chaving the same sustainability characteristics, in the same quantities, as the sum of all consignments added to the mixtur of custody methods (mass balance and/or book and claim) is in force.
Amendment 887 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council in 2010 and 2012 on the operation of the mass balance verification method described in paragraph 1 and on the potential to allow for other verification methods in relation to some or all types of raw material or biofuel. In its assessment the Commission shall consider those verification methods in which information about sustainability characteristics need not remain physically assigned to particular consignments or mixtures. The assessment shall take into account the need to maintain the integrity and effectiveness of the verification system while avoiding imposing an unreasonable burden on industry. The report shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by proposals on allowing other verification methods, to the European Parliament and the Counciland Book and Claim verification methods.
Amendment 905 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 6
Article 16 – paragraph 6
6. Decisions pursuant to paragraph 4 shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 21(2), and based on recommendations by the European standardization body CEN that shall review the sustainability criteria and the verification process embedded in other national or international schemes. Such decisions shall be valid for a period of no more than 5 years.
Amendment 925 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 934 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall report by 31 December 2012 at the latest, on the basis of a review conducted in accordance with the process developed by the European standardization body CEN pursuant to Article 17.1, on the estimated typical and default values in Annex VII Part B and Part E, paying special attention to emissions from transport and processing, and may, where necessary, decide to correct the values. Such a measure designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 21(3).
Amendment 938 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Annex VII may be adapted to technical and scientific progress. Such a measure designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 21(3) taking due account of processes developed by and recommendations of the European standardization body CEN pursuant to Article 17.1. Any adaptation of or addition to the list of default values in Annex VII shall respect the following rules:
Amendment 947 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 952 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Amendment 958 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. For the purpose of demonstrating compliance with national renewable energybiofuels obligations placed on operators, the contribution made by biofuels produced from wastes, residues, non-food cellulosic material, and lingo-cellulosic materialexceeding the minimum 35 % GHG emission saving shall be rewarded by applying a factor proportionally to their GHG emission improvement versus the minimum 35%*. * For example, the contribution made by a biofuel with a GHG emission saving of 70 % shall be considered to be twice that made by other biofuels with 35 % GHG emission saving.
Amendment 1003 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. To facilitate the attainment of Member States’ biofuels objectives, the Commission shall consider applying a separate system of biofuel tradable credits to biofuels and other bioliquids. It shall monitor developments and operations of the different national biofuels tradable credit systems that are in force in the Member States with a view to assessing the feasibility and cost-benefits of establishing a European system of biofuel tradable credits. The Commission submit a report to the European Parliament and Council on its analysis of a biofuel tradeable credit system in 2010.
Amendment 1012 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
(da) the feasibility and benefits of applying a separate guarantee of origin for biofuels and other bioliquids and setting up a European system of biofuel tradable credits.
Amendment 1021 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
It shall, if appropriate, propose corrective action. or make a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and the Council, as appropriate.
Amendment 1040 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – introductory phrase
Annex IV – introductory phrase
The criteria referred to in Article 13(3) shall be as followsfollowing criteria shall apply solely to certification schemes under Article 13(3):
Amendment 1066 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V
Annex V
Annex deleted
Amendment 1073 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI
Annex VI
Annex deleted