Activities of Fiona HALL related to 2008/0016(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (debate)
Amendments (63)
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In particular, increased use of biofuels for transport is onaddition to energy efficiency improvements, increased use of energy from biomass, biofuels and other renewable sources in the transport sector are some of the most effective tools by which the Community can reduce its dependence on imported oil – where the security of supply problem is most acute - and influence the fuel market for transportlead the sector towards a sustainable pathway.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Renewable Energy Roadmap demonstrated that a 20% target for the overall share of energy from renewable sources and a 10% target for renewable energy in transport would be appropriate and achievable objectives, and that a framework that includes mandatory targets should provide the business community with the long term stability it needs to make rational investment decisions in the renewable energy sector. These targets exist in the context of the 20% improvement in energy efficiency by 2020 set out in the Commission Communication of 19 October 2006 entitled "Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential", which was endorsed by the Brussels European Council of March 2007 and by the European Parliament in its resolution of 31 January 2008 on an Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential1. ________________________ 1 Texts adopted, P6_TA(2008)0033.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The main purpose of binding targets is to provide certainty for investors and to encourage the continuous development of technologies which generate energy from all types of renewable sources. Deferring a decision about whether a target is binding until a future event takes place is thus not appropriate. In a statement to the minutes of the Council of 15 February 2007, the Commission therefore stated that it did not consider that the binding nature of the target should be deferred until second generation biofuels became commercially available.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) It will be incumbent upon Member States to make significant improvements in energy efficiency in all sectors in order to more easily achieve their renewable energy targets, which are expressed as a percentage of final energy consumption. The need for energy efficiency in the transport sector is imperative because a binding percentage target for renewable energy is likely to become increasingly difficult to achieve sustainably if overall demand for energy for transport continues to rise. Therefore the mandatory 10% minimum target to be achieved by all Member States should be (i) defined as that share of final energy consumed in transport which is to be achieved from renewable sources, not from biofuels alone; (ii) imposed in conjunction with a mandatory improvement in energy efficiency in the transport sector of 20% by 2020.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In the light of the positions taken by the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament, it is appropriate to establish mandatory targets for an overall 20% share of renewable energy and a 10% share of renewable energy in transport in the European Union's consumption in 2020 in conjunction with a mandatory improvement in energyefficiency in the transport sector of 20% by 2020.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) By contrast, it is appropriate for the 10% target for renewable energy in transport, in conjunction with a mandatory 20% improvement in energy efficiency in transport, to be set at the same level for each Member State in order to ensure consistency in transport fuel specifications and availability. Because transport fuels are traded easily, Member States with low endowments of the relevant resources will easily be able to obtain renewable transport fuels from elsewhere. While it would technically be possible for the Community to meet its biofuel target solely from domestic production, it is both likely and desirable that the target will in fact be met through a combination of domestic production and imports. To this end, the Commission should monitor the supply of the Community market for biofuels, and should, as appropriate, propose relevant measures to achieve a balanced approach between domestic production and imports, taking into account the development of multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations as well as environmental, cost, energy security and other considerations.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Member States should aim to diversify the renewable energy mix in each transport sector. The Commission should present a report to the European Parliament and to the Council by June 1, 2015 outlining the potential for increasing the use of renewable energy in each transport sector.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To ensure that the overall targets are achieved, Member States should work towards a an indicativeaccording to a binding trajectory tracing a path towards the achievement of their targets, and should establish a national action plan including sectoral targets and a mandatory 20%improvement in energy efficiency for transport, while having in mind that there are different uses of biomass and therefore it is essential to mobilise new biomass resources.
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) To permit the benefits of technological advance and economies of scale to be reaped, the indicativese binding trajectoryies should take into account the possibility of a more rapid growth in the use of energy from renewable sources in later years. In this way, special attention can be given to sectors that disproportionately suffer from the absence of technological advance and economies of scale and therefore remain under- developed, but which in future could significantly contribute to reaching the targets for 2020.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The Community and Member States should dedicate a significant amount of financial resources to the research and development of renewable energy technologies, including out of the revenues from the Emissions Trading Scheme. The European Institute of Technology should give high priority to the research and development of renewable energy technologies.
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The path should take 2005 as its starting point because that is the latest year for which reliable data on national renewable energy shares are available and is the baseline for the '20% by 2020' energy efficiency target.
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Member States may wish to encourage local and regional authorities to set targets in excess of national targets and to involve local and regional authorities in the drawing up of national action plans and in the raising of awareness of the benefits of renewable energy.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) It is necessary to set transparent and unambiguous rules for calculating the share of energy from renewable sources.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In calculating the contribution of hydropower and wind power, the effects of climatic variation should be smoothed through the use of a normalisation rule.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Heat pumps using geothermal resources from the ground or water, and heat pumps using ambient heat from the air to transfer the thermal energy to a useful temperature level, need electricity to function. Heat pumps using ambient heat from the air often require the use of significant amounts of conventional energy. Therefore, only useful thermal energy coming from heat pumps using ambient heat from the air that meet the minimum requirements of the coefficient of performance established in Commission Decision 2007/742/EC, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 on a revised Community eco-label award scheme, shouldair source heat pumps should not be taken into account for the purpose of measuring compliance with the targets established by this Directive.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Where biofuels and other bioliquids are made from raw material produced in the EU, they should also comply with EU environmental requirements for agriculture. Applying such criteriaSimilar criteria should be applied to imports from third countries in so far as this is administratively and technically unfeasible.
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 43 a (new)
Recital 43 a (new)
(43a) Any support mechanism, including financial incentives, established by Member States for large scale production and consumption of renewable energy in transport should be proportional to the greenhouse gas emission savings. Support mechanisms should especially promote biomass, biofuels and other bioliquids with higher greenhouse gas emission savings than required in this Directive.
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 50 a (new)
Recital 50 a (new)
(50a) In order to ensure a stable ongoing framework for the development of renewable energy, the Commission should publish not later than 2016 a roadmap for renewable energy beyond 2020, which may include options for harmonisation of national support schemes and for the full integration of renewable electricity and biogas into the wider EU electricity and gas markets.
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) When designing their support systems, Member States mayshould encourage the use of 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 mayshould encourage investment in the research and development of these and other renewable energy technologies that need time to become competitive.
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets mandatory targets for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in energy consumption and, for the share of energy from renewable sources in transport and for energy efficiency improvements in transport. It lays down rules relating to guarantees of origin, administrative procedures and electricity grid connections in relation to energy from renewable sources. It establishes environmental sustainability criteria for biofuels and other bioliquids.
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point a
Article 2 – point a
(a) “energy from renewable sources” means renewable non-fossil energy sources: wind, solar, geothermal, wave, tidal, saline osmosis, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases;
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point i a (new)
Article 2 – point i a (new)
(ia) “high conservation value land” means – areas containing globally, regionally or nationally significant concentrations of biodiversity values (e.g. endemism, endangered species, refugia); – globally, regionally or nationally significant large landscape level areas where viable populations of most if not all naturally occurring species exist in natural patterns of distribution and abundance; – areas that are in or contain rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems; – areas that provide basic services of nature in critical situations (e.g. watershed protection, erosion control); – areas fundamental to meeting basic needs of local communities (e.g. subsistence, health); – areas critical to local communities’ traditional cultural identity (areas of cultural, ecological, economic or religious significance identified in cooperation with such local communities).
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall introduce appropriate measures to ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources equals or exceeds that shown in the indicative trajectorye mandatory minimum interim targets set out in Part B of Annex I.
Amendment 395 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Two or more Member States can pursue their mandatory individual national targets through joint activities as set out in Article 9, 10 and 10a.
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in transport in 2020 is at least 10% of final consumption of energy in transport in that Member State. and that the Member State’s energy efficiency in transport improves by at least 20% by 2020 against a 2005 baseline. Renewable sources in transport shall fulfil the environmental and social sustainability criteria in Article 15, and will be subject to review every year starting in 2010 on the basis of Commission reporting as provided for in Article 20.
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The national action plans shall set out Member States’ targets for the shares of energy from renewable sources in transport, electricity and heating and cooling in 2020 plus the Member State’s energy efficiency target for transport, and adequate measures to be taken to achieve these targets, including national policies to develop existing biomass resources and mobilise new biomass resources for different uses, and the measures to be taken to fulfil the requirements of Articles 12 to 17.
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where several Member States intend to pursue their targets jointly, each of those Member States shall lay down the details of the related agreements in its national action plan.
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Within three months of notification of a national action plan by a Member State under paragraph 2, the Commission may reject that plan, or any aspect thereof, on the basis that it does not contain all the elements required in paragraph 1b or that it is incompatible with the mandatory targets set out in Annex I. In that case, the Member State shall propose amendments and the national action plan shall not be deemed adopted before the Commission has accepted the amendments. Reasons shall be given for any rejection decision by the Commission.
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – point c a (new)
(ca) the third country has adopted binding targets for renewable energy comparable in ambition to the EU target and has over- achieved this target by the exported amount.
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Guarantees of origin may be issued in respect of renewable electricity which is generated and consumed partially or wholly off-grid on the basis of accurate, reliable and fraud-resistant calculation of the off-grid demand which has thereby been supplied.
Amendment 575 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10
Article 10
Effects of the cancellation of the When a competent body cancels a guarantee of origprojects between Member States guarantees of origin 1. Within 3 months of the end of each year falling within the period specified under Article 7(2)(d), the Member State having made the notification under Article 7 shall issue a certificate stating: (a) the total amount of electricity or heating or cooling produced during that it did not itself issue, an equivalent quantity of energye year from renewable energy sources by the installation which was the subject of the notification under Article 7; and (b) the quantity of electricity or heating or cooling produced during the year from renewable energy sources shall, fby 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 certificate to 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: (a) be deducted from the quantity of energy, the quantity of electricity or heating or cooling from renewable energy sources that is takencertified into account, in relation to the year of production of the energy specifiedrdance with paragraph 1(b) shall: (a) be deducted from the quantity of energy from renewable sources that ins the guarantee of originaken into account, in measuring compliance by the Member State of the competent body that issued the guarantee of originissuing the certificate under paragraph 1; and (b) be added to 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 cancelled the guarantee of origin. measuring compliance by the Member State receiving the certificate in accordance with paragraph 2.
Amendment 619 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10a Statistical transfers between Member States 1. A Member State in which the share of energy from renewable sources equals or exceeds the binding trajectory in Part B of Annex I in the immediately preceding two-year period may make arrangements for the statistical transfer of a specified amount of energy from renewable sources to be transferred to another Member State. The transferred quantity is to be: (a) deducted 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 sources 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. They must be notified to the Commission no later than 3 months after the end of the first year in which they take effect.
Amendment 653 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
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 all 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 requiring heating and cooling.
Amendment 688 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 750 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to the maintenance of the reliability and safety of the grid, Member States shall ensure that transmission system operators and distribution system operators in their territory guarantee theas a priority the connection, access, transmission and distribution of electricity produced from renewable energy sources. They shall also provide for priority access to the grid system of electricity produced from renewable energy sources. When dispatching electricity generating installations, transmission system operators shall give priority to generating installations using renewable energy sources insofar as the security of the national electricity system permits.
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall require transmission system operators and distribution system operators to provide any new producer wishing to be connected to the system with a comprehensive and detailed estimate of the costs associated with the connection, including precise and reasonable deadlines of not longer than two years in total. Member States may allow producers of electricity from renewable energy sources wishing to be connected to the grid to issue a call for tender for the connection work.
Amendment 784 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – title
Article 15 – title
Environmental sustainability criteria for biofuels and other bioliquids biomass, biofuels and other bioliquids
Amendment 786 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. BIrrespective of whether the raw materials were cultivated inside or outside the territory of the Community, energy from biomass, biofuels and other bioliquids shall be taken into account for the purposes listed under letters (a), (b) and to (c) below only if ithey fulfils the criteria set out in paragraphs 2 to 5: (a) measuring compliance with the requirements of this Directive concerning national targets; (aa) measuring compliance of transport fuels with the requirements of the Fuel Quality Directive; (b) measuring compliance with renewable energy obligations; (c) eligibility for financial support for the consumption of biomass, biofuels and other bioliquids.
Amendment 794 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels and other bioliquids for transport taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be at least 35%. Icalculated according to Article 17 (1) and shall be at least 50%, except in the case of biofuels and other bioliquids produced by installations that were in operation in January 2008, the first subparagraph shall apply fromwhere the GHG emissions saving shall be at least 35% until 1 April 2013.
Amendment 812 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Biomass, biofuels and other bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land with recognised high biodiversity value, that is to say land that had one of the following statuses in or after January 2008, whether or not the land still has this status: (–a) High Conservation Value land (a) forest undisturbed by significant human activity, that is to say, forest where there has been no known significant human intervention or where the last significant human intervention was sufficiently long ago to have allowed the natural species composition and processes to have become re-established; (b) areas designated for nature protection purposes, unless evidence is provided that the production of that raw material did not interfere with those purposeincluding those designated for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species recognised by international agreements, unless evidence is provided that the production of that raw material did not interfere with those purposes; (ba) buffer zones around areas designated for nature protection purposes and migration routes between such areas; (c) highly biodiverse grassland, that is to say grassland that is species-rich, not fertilised and not degraded.
Amendment 827 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
4. Biomass, biofuels and other bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from land with high carbon stock, that is to say land that had one of the following statuses in January 2008 and no longer has this status:
Amendment 852 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Irrespective of whether the raw materials were cultivated inside or outside the territory of the Community, energy from biomass, biofuels and other bioliquids shall not be taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 unless effective measures have been taken to prevent: (a) deterioration of surface and groundwater quality by inputs of pollutants and excessive amounts of nutrients; (b) excessive water consumption in areas where water is scarce.
Amendment 854 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. The producers shall aim to substitute and reduce consumption of agrochemical substances, fertilisers and pesticides, whenever possible. No substances shall be used that were either: (i) classified as class I and II pesticides by the World Health Organisation (WHO), (ii) under the Prior Informed Consent Procedure of the Rotterdam Convention or (iii) controlled or on the candidate list under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Amendment 857 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 c (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. The Commission shall report every year to the European Parliament and the Council on the impact in terms of social sustainability in the Community and in third countries of increased demand for biofuel, and on the impact of EU biofuel policy on the availability of foodstuffs in exporting countries, the ability of people in developing countries to afford these foodstuffs, and wider development issues. The first report shall be submitted in 2010. The report shall address the issue of respect for land use rights. The report shall state, for each country that is a significant source of raw material for biofuel consumed in the EU, whether the country has ratified and implemented each of the following Conventions of the International Labour Organisation: (i) Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment (No 138); (ii) Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (No 182); (iii) Convention concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour (No 105); (iv) Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (No 29); (v) Convention concerning Equal Remuneration of Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value (No 100); (vi) Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (No 111); (vii) Convention concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (No 87); (viii) Convention concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively (No 98). The Commission shall, if appropriate, propose corrective action.
Amendment 861 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall notmay refuse to take into account, for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1, biofuel and other bioliquids obtained in compliance with this Article, on otheradditional grounds of sustainability.
Amendment 877 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – title
Article 16 – title
Verification of compliance with the environmental sustainability criteria for biomass, biofuels and other bioliquids
Amendment 882 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Where biomass, biofuels and other bioliquids are to be taken into account for the purposes referred to in Article 15(1), Member States shall require economic operators to show that the environmental and social sustainability criteria set out in Article 15 have been fulfilled. For this purpose they shall require economic operators to use a mass balance system providing the following:
Amendment 895 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. The Commission may decide that bilateral and multilateral agreements between the Community and third countries demonstrate that biomass, biofuels and other bioliquids produced from raw materials cultivated in those countries comply with the environmental and social sustainability criteria in paragraphs 3 or 4 of Article 15.
Amendment 900 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
The Commission may decide under regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 21(3) that national, multinational or international schemes to measure greenhouse gas savings contain accurate data for the purposes of Article 15(2).
Amendment 907 #
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(23). Such decisions shall be valid for a period of no more than 5 years and can be revoked at the initiative of the Commission, the Committee provided for in Art 21 (2) or the European Parliament at any time when there is significant concern over a scheme’s reliability.
Amendment 912 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 8
Article 16 – paragraph 8
8. At the request of a Member State or on its own initiative the Commission shall examine the application of Article 15 in relation to a source of biomass, biofuel or other bioliquid and, within six months of receipt of a request and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 21(2), decide whether the Member State concerned may take biomass, biofuel or bioliquid from that source into account for the purposes listed in Article 15(1).
Amendment 930 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For biomass, biofuels and other bioliquids falling under neither of the preceding subparagraphs actual values for cultivation shall be used.
Amendment 969 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Support mechanisms for biofuels in Member States should especially promote biofuels with higher greenhouse gas emission savings than required in Article 15 (2).
Amendment 998 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall maintain a dialogue and exchange information with third countries, biomass and biofuel producer and consumer organisations and public interest organisations concerning the general implementation of the measures in this Directive relating to biomass, biofuels and other bioliquids.
Amendment 1001 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. On the basis of the reports submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 19(1) and the monitoring and analysis referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission shall report every two years to the European Parliament and the Council. The first report shall be submitted in 20120.
Amendment 1025 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. In its reports the Commission shall also analyse the policies implemented by those Member States where there is a potential for offshore wind development, particularly whether those Member States have: (a) established a single administrative body responsible for processing authorisation, certification and licensing applications for offshore wind installations and providing assistance to applicants; (b) identified the need for long-term and strategic grid planning to incorporate large amounts of electricity from offshore wind farms; (c) established marine spatial planning instruments to reach optimal site selection. It shall, if appropriate, propose further legislation to ensure the timely deployment of offshore wind.
Amendment 1031 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – title
Annex I – part B – title
B. IndicativeMandatory trajectory
Amendment 1033 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – introductory phrase
Annex I – part B – introductory phrase
The indicativemandatory trajectory referred to in Article 3(2) shall respect the following shares of energy from renewable sources: