Activities of Hannu TAKKULA related to 2011/0190(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Explanations of vote
Amendments (7)
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The revised Annex VI to MARPOL introduces, inter alia, stricter sulphur limits for marine fuel in SECAs (1.00% as of 1 July 2010 and 0.10% as of 1 January 2015) as well as in sea areas outside SECAs (3.5% as of 1 January 2012 and, in principle, 0.50% as of 1 January 2020). Most Member States are obliged to require ships to use fuel with maximum 1.00% sulphur content in SECAs as of 1 July 2010 based on their international commitments. In order to ensure coThe requirements laid down in the rence with international law as well as to secure proper enforcement of new globally established sulphur standards in the Union, the provisions of Directive 1999/32/ECvised Annex VI to MARPOL for SECAs set the shipping industry and the users of shipping services at a disadvantage compared to other areas in the Union and also globally. Therefore, it is necessary to revise Annex VI to MARPOL one more time. In order to ensure coherence with international law, Union law should be aligned with the revised Annex VI to MARPOL. In order to ensure a minimum quality of fuel used by ships either for fuel or technology based compliance, marine fuel the sulphur content of which exceeds the general standard of 3.5 % by mass should not be allowed for use or placing on the market in the Union.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Having regard to the principle of equal treatment, EU health and environment policy proposals should treat EU citizens equally. Legislation regarding the internal market should be based on the principle of legal certainty. Member States with territorial seas must be bound by equal fuel quality requirements in order to ensure air quality benefits to the Member States whose coasts are not part of SECAs and to establish a minimum level playing field for the sector across the Union.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Complying with the low fuel sulphur limits, particularly in SECAs, can result in a significant increase in the price of marine fuels, at least in the short term, and can have a negative effect for the competitiveness of short sea shipping in comparison with other transport modes as well as for the competitiveness of the industries in the countries bordering SECAs. Suitable solutions are necessary in order to reduce compliance costs for the affected industries, such as allowing forand therefore it is necessary to allow a transitional period in SECAs in order to ensure the equal treatment of Member States in the single market. Furthermore it is necessary to allow alternative, more cost-effective methods of compliance than fuel-based compliance and providing support, where necessary. The Commission will, based inter alia on reports from Member States, closely monitor the impacts of the shipping sector's compliance with the new fuel quality standards, particularly with respect to possible modal backshift from sea to land based transport, and will, if necessary, take appropriate measures to alleviate the situation.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Access to emission abatement methods should be facilitated. Those methods can provide emission reductions at least equivalent to, or even greater than, those achievable using low sulphur fuel, provided that they have no significant negative impacts on the environment, such as marine ecosystems, and that they are developed subject to appropriate approval and control mechanisms. The criteria for use of emission abatement methods should be established either by the IMO, subject to supplementation or amendment by the Commission Decision or, in the absence of the IMO instruments, by the European Commission. The already known alternative methods, such as the use of on- board exhaust gas cleaning systems or the mixture of fuel and liquefied natural gas (LNG) should be recognised in the Union. It is important to promote testing and development of new emission abatement methods, in order to, among other reasons, avoid environmentally counter- productive modal shifts from short sea shipping to trucks.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Considering the global dimension of environmental politics and shipping emissions, this Directive encourages the Union and its Member States to actively advance, in the IMO, the objective of achieving uniform emission standards for all maritime areas of the world.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 – point -a (new)
Directive 1999/32/EC
Article 2 – point 3
Article 2 – point 3
-a. point 3 is replaced by the following: 3. marine fuel means any petroleum- derived liquid fuel, as well as bio-fuels, intended for use or in use on board a vessel, including those fuels defined in ISO 8217. It includes any petroleum- derived liquid fuel in use on board inland waterway vessels or recreational craft, as defined in Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1997 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery and Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 1994 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to recreational craft, when such vessels are at sea;
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point b
Article 1 – point 6 – point b
Directive 1999/32/EC
Article 4 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
A transitional period can be allowed in SECAs if there is no guaranteed availability of low-sulphur maritime fuel (sulphur content 0.10%) at a competitive cost and if there are no appropriate, economically feasible and tested emission cleaning methods available. The transitional period may last until 31 December 2019. During the transitional period the sulphur content of fuel can be a maximum of 1.00%. This paragraph may be reviewed, and if needed revised, in the light of any possible future change in Regulation 14(4) of Annex VI to MARPOL.