13 Amendments of Péter OLAJOS related to 2008/0013(COD)
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Consequently, full auctioning should be the rule from 2013 onwards for the power sector, taking into account their ability to pass on the increased cost of CO2, and no free allocation should be given for carbon capture and storage as the incentive for this arises from allowances not being required to be surrendered in respect of emissions which are stored. Electricity generators may receive free allowances for heat producedProduction of heat through high efficiency cogeneration as defined by Directive 2004/8/EC in the event that such heat produced by installations in other sectors were to be gand heat supplied to efficient district heating qualifying under the Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection should receiven free allocations, in order to avoid distortions of competitionwances to ensure equal treatment with regard to other producers of heat that are not covered by the Community scheme.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Transitional free allocation to installations should be provided for through harmonised Community-wide rules ("benchmarks") in order to minimise distortions of competition within the Community. These rules should take account of the most greenhouse gas and energy efficient techniques, including combined heat and power, substitutes, alternative production processes, use of biomass, renewables and greenhouse gas capture and storage. Any such rules should not give incentives to increase emissions and ensure that an increasing proportion of these allowances is auctioned. Allocations must be fixed prior to the trading period so as to enable the market to function properly. They shall also avoid undue distortions of competition on the markets for electricity and heat supplied to industrial installations. These rules should apply to new entrants carrying out the same activities as existing installations receiving transitional free allocations. To avoid any distortion of competition within the internal market, no free allocation should be made in respect of the production of electricity by new entrants. Allowances which remain in the set-aside for new entrants in 2020 should be auctioned.
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Once a future international agreement on climate change has been reached, CDM and JI credits from third countries should only be accepted in the Community scheme once those countries have ratified the international agreement.
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - Point 7
Article 1 - Point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - introduction
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - introduction
3. At least 20% ofll the revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 2, including all revenues from the auctioning referred to in point (b) thereof, should be used for the following:
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall, to the extent feasible, ensure that allocation takes place in a manner that gives incentives for greenhouse gas and energy efficient techniques and for reductions in emissions, by taking account of the most efficient techniques, including combined heat and power, substitutes, alternative production processes, use of biomass and greenhouse gas capture and storage, and shall not give incentives to increase emissions. No free allocation shall be made in respect of any electricity production.
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 3
Article 10a – paragraph 3
3. Free allocation mayshall be given to electricity generators in respect of the production of heat through high efficiency cogeneration as defined by Directive 2004/8/EC for economically justifiable demand to ensure equal treatment with regard to other producers of heat. In each year subsequent to 2013, the total allocation to such installations in respect of the production of that heat shall be adjusted by the linear factor referred to in article 9heat demand and to heat supplied to efficient district heating qualifying under the Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection.
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 3
Article 10a – paragraph 3
3. Free allocation may be given to electricity generatorcombined heat and power installations in respect of the production of heat through high efficiency cogeneration as defined by Directive 2004/8/EC for economically justifiable demand to ensure equal treatment with regard to other produ. Combined heat and power installations shall receive free allocation of allowancers of heat. In each year subsequent to 2013, the total allocation to such installations in respect of the production of that heat shall be adjusted by the linear factor referred to in Article 9at least equivalent to the global carbon savings arising from the investment in such installations.
Amendment 517 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 7
Article 10a – paragraph 7
7. Subject to Article 10b, the amount of allowances free of charge under paragraphs 34 and 6 of this Article [and paragraph 2 of Article 3c] in 2013 shall be 80% of the quantity determined in accordance with the measures referred to in paragraph 1 and thereafter the free allocation shall decrease each year by equal amounts resulting in no free allocation in 2020.
Amendment 520 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 10a – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Subject to Article 10b, the amount of allowances allocated free of charge under paragraph 3 of this Article in 2013 shall be 100% of the quantity determined in accordance with the measures referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 8
Article 1 - point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a - paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 10a - paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. If a Member State refuses to pay a fine under the compliance mechanism of the [effort sharing decision] as specified in Article 5a of that Decision, an amount of allowances, equivalent to the emission reduction shortfall for that year, shall be withheld in the CITL and not be issued to the Member States concerned until the Member State pays the determined fine.
Amendment 718 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 21
Article 1 - point 21
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 27 - paragraph 1
Article 27 - paragraph 1
1. Member States mayCombustion installations belonging to any of the activities listed under Annex I shall be exclude,d from the Community scheme, combustion installations which if they have a rated thermal input below 250MW, reported emissions to the competent authority of less than 1025 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding inevitable carbon dioxide emissions from raw materials and emissions from biomass, in each of the preceding 3 years, and which are subject to measures that will achieve an equivalent contribution to emission reductions, if the Member State concerned complies with the following conditions: (a) it notifies the Commission of each such installation, specifying the equivalent measures that are in place, (b) it confirms that monitoring arrangements are in place to assess whether any installation emits 1025 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding inevitable carbon dioxide emissions from raw materials and emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year; (c) it confirms that if any installation emits 1025 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding inevitable carbon dioxide emissions from raw materials and emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year or the equivalent measures are no longer in place, the installation will be re-introduced into the system; (d) it publishes the information referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) for public comment.
Amendment 737 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 21
Article 1 - point 21
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28
Article 28
Amendment 817 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)
ANNEX Ia The following is added as Annex Ia to Directive 2003/87/EC: "Annex Ia Minimum requirements for an International Agreement An international agreement including energy-intensive industries exposed to significant risk of carbon leakage, or a sector specific international agreement on such industries, must comply with at least the following criteria in order to provide a level playing field at installation level for such industries: (i) the participation of countries representing a critical mass of at least 85% of production, (ii) equivalent CO2 emission targets, (iii) similar emission reduction systems with equivalent effect imposed by all participating countries or from countries with non-equivalent CO2 emission targets in sectors covered by the Community scheme, (iv) competing materials must be subject to equivalent restrictions taking into account life cycle aspects, (v) an effective international monitoring and verification system."