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Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. If a Member State fails to achieve its overall target for the proportion of energy derived from renewable sources, that State's total effort to reduce emissions will be taken into account when the Member States' endeavours are assessed.

2008/06/23
Committee: ITRE

Vladimír REMEK

Proposal for a directive
Article 6

1. Member States shall ensure, for the purposes of disclosure, that the origin of electricity produced from renewable energy sources, and of heating or cooling produced from renewable energy sources in plants with a capacity of at least 5 MWth, can be guaranteed as such within the meaning of this Directive according to objective, transparent and non- discriminatory criteria laid down by each Member State. To that end, Member States shall ensure that a guarantee of origin is issued in response to a request from a producer of renewable energy. ~~A guarantee of origin shall be of the standard size of 1 MWh.~~ No more than one guarantee of origin shall be issued in respect of each ~~MWh~~unit of energy produced. ~~2. Guarantees of origin shall be issued, transferred and cancelled electronically. They shall b~~Member States may designate one or more competent bodies, independent of generation, trade, supply, and distribution activities, to supervise the issue of such guarantees of origin. 2. Member States or the competent bodie(s) shall put in place appropriate mechanisms to ensure that guarantees of origin are accurate, reliable and fraud- resistant. A guarantee of origin shall specify, at least: (a) the energy source from which the energy was produced and the starting and ending dates of its production; (b) whether the guarantee of origin relates to – (i) electricity; or – (ii) heating and/or cooling; (c) the identity, location, type and capacity of the installation where the energy was produced, and the date of the installation’s becoming operational; (d) the date and country of issue and a unique identification number~~; (e) the amount and type of any investment aid that has been given for the installation~~. A guarantee of origin shall serve to enable producers of electricity from renewable energy sources to demonstrate that the electricity they sell is produced from renewable energy sources within the meaning of this Directive. 3. Member States shall recognise guarantees of origin issued by other Member States in accordance with this Directive~~. Any refusal by a~~, exclusively as proof of the elements referred to in paragraph 2. A Member State may refuse to recognise a guarantee of origin ~~shall be based on objective, transparent and non- discriminatory criteria~~only when it has well- founded doubts about its accuracy, reliability or veracity. The Member State shall share its information relating to these doubts with the Commission. Inf the ~~event of~~Commission finds that a refusal to recognise a guarantee of origin is misplaced, the Commission may adopt a Decision requiring the Member State in question to recognise ~~it. 4. Member States~~the guarantee of origin. If, however, the Commission finds the refusal of a guarantee of origin to be well-founded, other Member States may refuse to recognise similar guarantees of origin from the issuing Member State until the grounds for doubts on the accuracy, reliability or veracity are addressed adequately. 4. Member States or the competent bodie(s) shall ensure that all guarantees of origin to be issued in respect of renewable energy generated in a given calendar year are issued, at the latest, three months after the end of that year.

2008/06/24
Committee: ITRE

Vladimír REMEK

Proposal for a directive
Article 7

~~Competent bodies and regis~~Statistical transfers between Member guarantees of origin Staters ~~of 1. Each~~1. Member State shall designate a single competent body to undertake the following tasks: (a) establish and maintain a national register of guarantees of origin; (b) issue guarantees of origin; (c) record any transfer of guarantees of origin;s may make arrangements for the statistical transfer of a specified amount of energy from renewable sources to be transferred from one Member State to another Member State. The transferred quantity is to be: (da) cancel guarantees of origin; (e) publish an annual report on the quantities of guarantees of origin issued, transferred to or from each of the other competent bodies and cancelled. 2. The competent body shall not carry out any energy generation, trade, supply or distribution activities. 3. The national register of guarantees of origin shall record the guarantees of origin held by each person. A guarantee of origin shall only be held in one register at one timededucted from the amount of energy from renewable sources that is taken into account in measuring compliance by the Member State with the requirements of Article 3 concerning national targets; and (b) added to the amount of energy from renewable resources that is taken into account in measuring compliance by another Member State with the requirements of Article 3 concerning national targets. 2. Arrangements under paragraph 1 may have effect for one or more years, but must be notified to the Commission no later than 3 months after the end of the first year in which they take effect.

2008/06/24
Committee: ITRE

Vladimír REMEK

Proposal for a directive
Article 8

~~Submission of guarantees of origin for cancellation 1. A guarantee of origin, corresponding to~~Joint projects between Member States 1. Two or more Member States may undertake joint projects. 2. Member States shall notify the Commission of the amounit of energy in question, shall be submitted for cancellation to a competent body designated in accordance with Article 7 when: (a) the production of a unit of electricity from renewable energy sources, or the production of a unit of heating or cooling from renewable energy sources in a plant with a capacity of at least 5 MWth, produced by any installations in their territory, or in a third country in accordance with Article 5(9), which became operational after the date of entry into force of this Direcetives support in the form of feed-in tariff payments, premium payments, tax reductions or payments resulting from calls for tenders, in which case the guarantee shall be submitted to the competent body designated by the Member State that established the system of support; (b) a unit of electricity produced from renewable energy sources, or a unit of heating or cooling produced from renewable energy sources in a plant with a capacity of at least 5 MWth, is taken into account for the purposes of assessing an entity’s compliance with a renewable energy obligation, in which case the guarantee of origin shall be submitted to the competent body designated by the Member State that established the obligation; or (c) an energy supplier or energy consumer chooses to use a guarantee of origin for the purpose of proving the share or quantity of renewable energy in its energy mix, without claiming the benefits of a support scheme in accordance with points (a) and (b); in this case, the guarantee of origin shall be submitted to the competent body designated by the Member State in which the energy described by the energy mix in question is consumed. 2. Where an operator has submitted one or more guarantees of origin to a competent body in accordance with paragraphs 1(a) or (b), the operator shall: (a) request guarantees of origin, in accordance with Article 6(1), for all future production of renewable energy sources from the same installation; (b) submit these guarantees of origin for cancellation to the same competent body. 3. Guarantees of origin shall not be submitted to a competent body for cancellation more than 1 year after their date of issue. or which were refurbished because of an increase in capacity, and constructed as a result of a joint project under paragraph 1. The amount of energy notified shall be regarded as contributing to the national target of another Member State for the purposes of measuring compliance with Article 3. 3. The Member States’ notification shall: (a) describe the proposed installation or identify the refurbished installation; (b) specify the proportion or amount of electricity or heating or cooling produced from the installation which is to be regarded as contributing to the national targets of another Member State; (c) identify the Member State in whose favour the notification is being made; (d) specify the period during which the energy produced is to be regarded as contributing to the national target of the other Member State. 4. The period specified in paragraph 3(d) shall be expressed in whole calendar years and may extend beyond 2020. 5. A notification made under this Article shall no be varied or withdrawn without the joint agreement of the Member State making the notification and the Member State identified in accordance with paragraph 3(c).

2008/06/26
Committee: ITRE

Vladimír REMEK

Proposal for a directive
Article 9

1. Member States whose share of energy from renewable sources equalled or exceeded the indicative trajectory in Part B of Annex I in the immediately preceding two-year period may request the competent bodies designated in accordance with Article 7 to transfer the guarantees of origin submitted for cancellation under Article 8(1) to another Member State. Such guarantees of origin shall immediately be cancelled by the competent body in the receiving Member State. 2. Member States may provide for a system of prior authorisation for the transfer of guarantees of origin to or from persons in other Member States if, in the absence of such a system, the transfer of guarantees of origin to or from the Member State concerned is likely to impair their ability to ensure a secure and balanced energy supply or is likely to undermine the achievement of the environmental objectives underlying their support scheme. Member States may provide for a system of prior authorisation for the transfer of guarantees of origin to persons in other Member States if in the absence of such a system, the transfer of guarantees of origin is likely to impair their ability to comply with Article 3(1) or to ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources equals or exceeds the indicative trajectory in Part B of Annex I. The system of prior authorisation shall not constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination. 3. Subject to the provisions adopted pursuant to paragraph 2, guarantees of origin may be transferred between persons in different Member States provided they have been issued in relation to energy produced from renewable sources by installations that became operational after the date of entry into force of this Directive. Such transfer may accompany the transfer of the energy to which the guarantee of origin relates, or may be separate from any such transfer. 4. Member States shall notify the Commission of any system of prior authorisation they intend to have in force pursuant to paragraph 2, and any subsequent changes thereto. The Commission shall publish that information. 5. By 31 December 2014 at the latest, depending on data availability, the Commission shall assess the implementation of the provisions of this Directive for the transfer of guarantees of origin between Member States and the costs and benefits of this. It shall, if appropriate, submit proposals to the European Parliament and to the CouncilTransfer of guarantees of origin Effects of joint projects between Member States 1. Within 3 months of the end of each year falling within the period specified under Article 8(3)(d), the Member State having made the notification under Article 8(2) shall issue a letter of notification stating: (a) the total amount of electricity or heating or cooling produced during the year from renewable energy sources by the installation which was the subject of the notification under Article 8; and (b) the amount of electricity or heating or cooling produced during the year from renewable energy sources by that installation which is to contribute to the national targets of another Member State in accordance with the terms of the notification. 2. The Member State shall send the letter of notification to the Commission and the Member State in whose favour the notification was made. 3. For the purposes of measuring compliance with the requirements of this Directive concerning national targets, the amount of electricity or heating or cooling from renewable energy sources notified in accordance with paragraph 1(b) shall: (a) be deducted from the amount of energy from renewable sources that is taken into account, in measuring compliance by the Member State issuing the letter of notification under paragraph 1; and (b) be added to the amount of energy from renewable sources that is taken into account, in measuring compliance by the Member State receiving the letter of notification in accordance with paragraph 2.

2008/06/26
Committee: ITRE

Vladimír REMEK

Proposal for a directive
Article 10

~~Effects of the cancellation of the When a competent body cancels a~~ Joint target compliance guarantees of origin that it did not itself issue, an equivalent quantity of energy from renewable sources shall, for the purposes of measuring compliance with the requirements of this Directive concerning national targets: (a) be deducted from the quantity of energy from renewable sources that is taken into account, in relation to the year of production of the energy specified in the guarantee of origin, in measuring compliance by the Member State of the competent body that issued the guarantee of origin; and (b) be added to the quantity of energy from renewable sources that is taken into account, in relation to the year of produc1. Two or more Member States may agree to combine their targets and establish joint support schemes in order to achieve them jointly. 2. If two or more Member States decide, on voluntary basis, to pursue their targets according to Article 3 jointly, the targets will be calculated jointly for the group of Member States involved as an average of their individual interim and overall minimum targets under Part A and Part B of Annex I, which is weighted with the expected final consumption of ~~the~~ energy ~~specified in the guarantee of origin, in measuring compliance by the Member State of the competent body that cancelled the guarantee of origin~~in each of the Member States involved in the years until 2020.

2008/06/26
Committee: ITRE

Vladimír REMEK

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4

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: (a) the use of passive, low or zero energy buildings; or (b) local limitations in the availability of renewable energy resources.deleted

2008/06/26
Committee: ITRE

Vladimír REMEK

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5

5. With respect to their building regulations and codes, Member States shall promote the use of renewable energy heating and cooling systems and equipment that achieve a significant reduction of energy consumption. Member States shall use energy or eco- labels or other appropriate certificates or standards developed at national or European level, where these exist, as the basis for encouraging such systems and equipment. In the case of biomass, the Member States shall promote conversion technologies with a conversion efficiency of 85% for residential and commercial applications and at least 70% for commercial applications. In the case of heat pumps, Member States shall promote heat pumps which achieve the minimum requirements of eco- labelling established in Decision 2007/742/EC. In the case of solar energy, Member States shall promote equipment and systems that achieve a conversion efficiency of at least 35%. In assessing the conversion efficiency and input/output ratio of systems and equipment for the purposes of this paragraph, Member States shall use Community or, failing these, international procedures if such procedures exist.deleted

2008/06/26
Committee: ITRE

Vladimír REMEK

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall ~~develop cert~~facilitate the emergence of 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 schemes ~~shall be based on~~or equivalent qualification schemes may take into account the criteria laid down in Annex IV. Each Member State shall recognise certification awarded by other Member States in accordance with these criteria.

2008/07/01
Committee: ITRE

Vladimír REMEK

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4

4. Member States ~~shall~~may develop guidance for planners and architects so that they are able properly to consider the use of energy from renewable sources and of district heating and cooling when planning, designing, building and renovating industrial or residential areas.

2008/07/01
Committee: ITRE

10 Amendments of Vladimír REMEK related to 2008/0016(COD)

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