Activities of Edite ESTRELA related to 2007/0286(COD)
Plenary speeches (5)
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Amendments (8)
Amendment 81 #
Council position
Recital 39 a (new)
Recital 39 a (new)
(39a) In order to enable the provisions of this directive to be adapted to the results of the Commission's assessments regarding the need to introduce, at Union level, minimum requirements concerning emission limit values and rules on monitoring and conformity in respect of certain activities falling within the scope of the relevant BAT conclusions, the Commission should submit a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council under Article 294 TFEU.
Amendment 100 #
Council position
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) where applicable, an assessment demonstrating the need to define emission limit values different from the thresholds associated with the BATs.
Amendment 115 #
Council position
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Following adoption of a decision on the BAT conclusions pursuant to paragraph 5, the Council shall assess whether it is necessary for the EU to intervene by introducing, at Union level, minimum requirements concerning emission limit values and rules on monitoring and conformity in respect of certain activities falling within the scope of the relevant BAT conclusions, on the basis of the following criteria: a) impact of the activity concerned on the environment as a whole; and b) state of implementation of the BATs associated with that activity. After obtaining the opinion of the forum referred to in paragraph 3, the Commission shall forward to the European Parliament and the Council, within six months of adoption of a decision on the BAT conclusions, a report on the conclusions of the assessment.
Amendment 116 #
Council position
Article 13 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Where the report referred to in paragraph 5a identifies the need for minimum requirements at Union level as regards emission limit values and rules on monitoring and conformity, the Commission shall submit a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council pursuant to Article 294 of the TFEU on the minimum requirements at Union level as regards emission limit values and rules on monitoring and conformity applicable to the activities concerned.
Amendment 134 #
Council position
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, the competent authority may, in specific cases, on the basis of an assessment of the environmental and economic costs and benefits taking into account the technical characteristics of the installation concernand without prejudice to Article 18, the competent authority may, in exceptional cases, set less strict emission limit values. Such exemptions shall only apply if, following an assessment, it has been demonstrated that: a) the installation's geographical location or the local environmental conditions make it impossible to use, in all or part of it, the best available techniques described in the BAT reference document; or b) the installation's technical characteristics are such as to prevent the application, in all or part of it, of the best available techniques described, its geographical lon the BAT reference document; or c) the application andof the local environmental conditions, set emission limit values deviating from those set by the application of paragraph 3. best available techniques described in the BAT reference document would create an obvious disparity between the financial costs and the environmental benefits, of a nature such as to justify re-examination of the proportionality aspect.
Amendment 146 #
Council position
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The competent authority shall provideesent, by means of a document attached to the conditions governing exercise of the license, the reasons for the application of the first subparagraph including the result of the assessment and the justification for the conditions imposed.
Amendment 148 #
Council position
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 159 #
Council position
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4