Activities of Esther DE LANGE related to 2021/0206(COD)
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Social Climate Fund (A9-0157/2022 - David Casa, Esther de Lange) (vote)
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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Social Climate Fund
Amendments (163)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Union and its Member States are Parties to the Paris Agreement, which was signed in December 2015 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (‘the Paris Agreement’)28 and entered into force in November 2016. According to that Agreement, they are bound to limit the increase in the global average temperature well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5°C above pre- industrial levels. By adopting the Glasgow Climate Pact, the Parties to the Paris Agreement recognised that limiting the increase in the global average temperature to 1,5 °C above pre-industrial levels would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change, and they committed to strengthening their 2030 targets by the end of 2022 to close the ambition gap, in line with the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This should be done in a manner that is equitable and respects the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, in light of different national circumstances. __________________ 28 Paris Agreement (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 4).
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 enshrines into law the target of economy- wide climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest. That Regulation establishes a binding commitment on the part of the Union to reduce emissions. By 2030, the Union should reduce its greenhouse gas emission, after deduction of removals of greenhouse gas emissions, by at least 55% compared to the level in 1990. All sectors of the economy should contribute to achieving that target. __________________ 30 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan1a highlights that social rights and the European social dimension need to be strengthened across all policies of the Union as enshrined in the Treaties, in particular Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The Porto Declaration of 8 May 2021 reaffirmed the European Council’s pledge to work towards a social Europe ensuring a just transition, and its determination to continue deepening the concrete implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights at EU and national level, with due regard for respective competences and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. __________________ 1a Endorsed by the European Council on 24 and 25 June 2021.
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) The Fund should only support activities and recipients that respect applicable Union and national law on social and labour rights concerning, inter alia, wages and working conditions, including collective agreements, and that promote sustainable and quality jobs.
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to implement the commitments towards climate neutrality, the Union’s climate and energy legislation has been reviewed and amended in order to accelerate the greenhouse gas emissions reductions. A just transition principled by the UN 2030 Agenda and by the European Pillar of Social Rights means eradicating energy and mobility poverty across the Union. To further this, a new Social Climate Fund should contribute to protecting and empowering the most vulnerable households. Particular attention is required to ensure that those households actually benefit from the implementation of various funding instruments, namely those instruments available to Member States and which include the Cohesion Funds, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, and revenues currently generated by the EU ETS. The funds available to Member States should be used to invest in the renovation of buildings, the creation of quality and safe green jobs, as well as the development of the necessary skills suitable to the green and digital transition, the decarbonisation of the transport sector, and in greater access to public, shared soft mobility.
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Those amendments have differing economic and social impacts on the different sectors of the economy, on the citizens, and the Member States. In particular, the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport intoany extension of the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and the Council31 should provide an additional economic incentive to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption and thereby accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Combined with other measures, this should, in the medium to long term, reduce the costs for buildings and road transport, and provide new opportunities for job creation and investmentcontribute to the eradication of energy and mobility poverty, and provide new opportunities for quality job creation and sustainable investments, fully aligned with the European Green Deal goals. The Commission should collect data on the social impact of the accompanying measures and how those measures affect different Member States, regions and vulnerable groups to ensure a preventive approach in order to reduce inequalities in access to sustainable and affordable energy and mobility. Particular attention should be paid to the most disadvantaged groups and to households in mobility or energy poverty, so that they benefit from the implementation of those funding instruments and no one is left behind. __________________ 31 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) However, resources are needed to finance thossufficient, stable and equitable investments. In addition, before they have taken place, the cost supported by households and transport users for heating, cooling and cooking, as well as for road transport, is likely to increase, as fuel suppliers subject to the obligations under the emilso, in light of the Russian war of aggression, tradaking for buildings and road transport pass on costs on carbon to the consumerinto account the dependency of Member States on imported fossil fuels.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) The costs passed on by fuel suppliers to final consumers can differ for each company, region or Member State. The Commission should therefore collect data on the share of costs absorbed by fuel suppliers and the share of costs passed on to final consumers and should annually report its findings to the European Parliament.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The increase in the price for fossil fuels maytransition toward climate neutrality, including by carbon pricing is expected to disproportionally affect vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, and vulnerable transport users who spend a larger part of their incomes on energy and transport, who, in certain regions, including in rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or for less developed regions or territories, including less developed- peri- urban areas, do not have access to alternative, affordable mobility and transport solutions and who may lack the financial capacity to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Therefore, a part of the revenues generated by the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC should be used to address the social impacts arising from that inclusion, for the transition to be just and inclusive, leaving no one behind. as an own resource to finance the Union budget as general income, in accordance with the legally binding Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 20201a (the ‘Interinstitutional Agreement’) that sets out a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources, thereby providing the Union budget with the means of contributing to addressing the social impacts arising from that inclusion, for the transition to be just and inclusive, leaving no one behind. Under the Interinstitutional Agreement, a basket of new own resources is envisaged to be introduced by 1 January 2023. Green own resources are means of aligning the Union budget with the Union’s policy priorities, thus providing Union added value, and should be used to contribute to the climate mainstreaming objectives, the repayment of NextGenerationEU debts and the resilience of the Union budget as regards its functioning as a tool for investments and guarantees. __________________ 1a Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources (OJ L 433I, 22.12.2020, p. 28).
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) This is even more relevant in view of the existing levels of energy poverty. Energy poverty is a situation in which households are unable tolack access to essential energy services such as cooling, as temperatures rise, and heatingthat underpin a decent standard of living and health, including adequate warmth, cooling, lighting and energy to power appliances, and in the relevant existing social policy and other relevant policies, often as a result of facing a high share of energy expenditure as part of their disposable income due to a combination of factors, including low income, high-energy prices and low quality, poor performing housing stock. About 34 million Europeans reported an inability to keep their homes adequately warm in 2018, and 6.9% of the Union population have said that they cannot afford to heat their home sufficiently in a 2019 EU-wide survey32 . Overall, the Energy Poverty Observatory estimates that more than 50 million households in the European Union experience energy poverty. Energy poverty is therefore a major challenge for the Union. While social tariffs or direct income support can provide immediate relief to households facing energy poverty, only targeted structural measures, in particular energy renovations, can provide lasting solutions. Despite the importance of that challenge having been acknowledged at Union level for over a decade through various initiatives, legislation and guidelines, there is still no standard Union-level definition of energy poverty and only one third of Member States have put in place a national definition of energy poverty. As a result, no transparent and comparable data on energy poverty in the Union is available, limiting the capacity to effectively monitor and assess the level of energy poverty. Therefore, a Union-level definition should be established to effectively address energy poverty and measure progress across Member States. While social tariffs or direct income support can provide immediate relief to households facing energy poverty, only targeted structural measures, the application of the energy efficiency first principle, the installation of additional renewable energy sources, including through community-led projects, as well as information and awareness-raising measures targeted at the households in particular energy renovations contributions contributing to the renovation requirement established in Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings (recast), can provide lasting solutions and effectively help combat energy poverty. __________________ 32 Data from 2018. Eurostat, SILC [ilc_mdes01]).
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) Particular attention needs to be paid to tenants in the private rental market. Those tenants include vulnerable households in energy poverty or households at risk of energy poverty, including lower middle-income ones, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of increased heating costs or by higher rental prices following renovation, but are not in a position to renovate the building they occupy. As part of their Social Climate Plans, Member States should therefore develop, in consultation with landlords, the private sector and relevant local authorities and civil society organisations, energy efficient, green social housing and specific measures and investments to support vulnerable tenants on the private rental market, for example by considering national schemes or voucher schemes aimed at housing tenants in the private rental sector, to make renovation measures and to contribute to the Union’s climate targets. As part of the biennial reporting and evaluation of the measures and investments implemented by Member States, the Commission should assess their impact and effectiveness to support vulnerable tenants in the private rental market. In the absence of positive results, that assessment should be accompanied by a Commission initiative, where appropriate, in consultation with Member States, representatives of the private rental market and relevant local authorities and civil society organisations, to address the situation of vulnerable tenants in the private rental market.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12 b) Mobility poverty has been underexposed and no clear definitions are available at Union or national level. However, it is a problem that is becoming more pressing to address as a result of the increasing phase-out requirements for combustion engine vehicles, high fuel prices, and high dependencies on transport availability, accessibility and costs to go to work or for daily mobility needs for those living in rural, insular, peripheral, mountainous, remote and less accessible regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas and the outermost regions.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) A Social Climate Fund (‘the Fund’) should therefore be established to provide funds to the Member States to support their policies to address the social impacts of the emisstransitions trading for buildings and road transportoward climate neutrality, including by carbon pricing on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, and vulnerable transport users. This should be achieved notably through temporary income support and measures and investments intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels through increased energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable sources, and granting improved access to affordable and efficient zero- and low-emission mobility and transport to the benefit of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, and vulnerable transport users.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) Since vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users will require additional support with the green transition sufficient and proportionate financial assistance should be allocated to all Member States.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) For that purpose, each Member State should submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’). Those Plans should pursue two objectives. Firstly, they should provide vulnerable householdscontribute to the implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals while ensuring that no-one is left behind as well as pursue two objectives. Firstly, they should together with the local and regional authorities, social partners and civil society, identify and map vulnerable households in energy or mobility poverty, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users to be included as beneficiaries for the necessary resources to finance and carry out investments in energy efficiency, decarbonisation of heating and cooling, in zero- and low-emission vehicles and mobility. Member States should provide a detailed analysis, conducted together with the local and regional authorities, social partners and civil society, on the main causes of energy and mobility poverty in their respective territories. The Plans should also set targets and objectives to reduce the number of people in energy or mobility poverty, vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, and vulnerable transport users. Secondly, they should mitigate the impact of the increase in the cost of fossil fuels on the most vulnerable and thereby prevent energy and transportmobility poverty during the transition period until such investments have been implemented. The Plans should have an investment component promoting the long- term solution of reducephasing out fossil fuels reliance and could envisage other measures, includingcomplemented with temporary direct income support to mitigate adverse income effects in the shorter term. Those Plans should also ensure that actions which have already been implemented at national level will be taken into account.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Member States, inwith meaningful consultation withof local and regional level authorities, economic and social partners and relevant civil society organisations, are best placed to design and to implement Plans that are adapted and targeted to their local, regional and national circumstances as their existing policies in the relevant areas and planned use of other relevant EU funds. In that manner, the broad diversity of situations, the specific knowledge of local and regional governments, economic and social partners, relevant civil society organisations and of research and innovation and industrial relations and social dialogue structures, as well as national traditions, can best be respected and contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of the overall support to the vulnerable and to the scaling up of projects developed by local and regional authorities, social partners and socio- economic actors.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Ensuring that the measures and investments are particularly targeted towards energy poor or vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users is key for a just transition towards climate neutrality. Support measures to promote reductions in greenhouse gas emissions should help Member States to address the social impacts arising from the emissof the transitions trading for the sectors of buildings and road transportowards climate neutrality, including social impacts from carbon pricing.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Pending the impact of those investments on reducing costs and emissions, well targeted direct income support for the most vulnerable would help the just transitionDirect income support when combined with long-lasting structural investment measures targeting the same beneficiaries, will contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Fund. Pending the impact of those investments on reducing costs and emissions, well targeted direct income support for vulnerable households in energy poverty or mobility poverty would contribute to reduce energy and mobility costs and support the just transition while waiting for more structural investments to take place. Such support should be understood to be a temporary measure accompanying the decarbonisation of the housing and transport sectors. It would not be permanent as it does not address the root causes of energy and transportmobility poverty. Such direct income support should only concern direct impacts of the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, not electricity or heating costs related to the inclusion of power and heat production in the scope of that Directive. Eligibility for such direct income support should be limited in timebe limited to up to 40% of the total estimated cost of each Plan for the period 2024- 2027 and should be set for the 2028-2032 period in accordance with a country-by- country assessment by the Commission of the efficiency, added value, continued relevance and required level of direct income support in light of the progress and effect of the implementation of structural investments and measures, with a view to phasing out such support by the end of 2032.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) Vulnerable households, vulnerable transport users and vulnerable micro- enterprises should be informed about the existence of, and means to, benefit from support under the Fund. Targeted, accessible and affordable information, education, awareness and advice on cost- effective measures and investments and available support should therefore be provided.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Taking into account the importance of tackling climate change in line with Paris Agreement commitments, the commitment to the European Pillar of Social Rights and the commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the actions under this Regulation should contribute to the achievement of the target that 30% of all expenditureat least 30% of the total amount of the Union budget under the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework and the European Union Recovery instrument expenditure should be spent on mainstreaming climate objectives and should contribute to the ambition of providing 7.5% of annual spending under the MFF to biodiversity objectives in 2024 and 10% of annual spending to biodiversity objectives in 2026 and 2027, while considering the existing overlaps between climate and biodiversity goals. For this purpose, the methodology set out in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council33 should be used to tag the expenditures of the Fund. The Fund should support activities that fully respect the climate and environmental standards and priorities of the Union and comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning oftechnical screening criteria established by the Commission in accordance with Article 170(3) of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . Only such measures and investments should be included in the Plans. Direct income support measures should as a rule be considered as having an insignificant foreseeable impact on environmental objectives, and as such be considered compliant with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’. The Commission intends to issue technical guidance to the Member States well ahead of the preparation of the Plans. The guidance will explain how the measures and investments must comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852. The Commission intends to presented in 2021 a proposal for a Council Recommendation on how to address the social aspects of the green transition. __________________ 33 Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159). 34 Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Women are particularly affected by carbon pricing as they represent 85% of single parent families. Single parent familiesdisproportionately affected by energy poverty and mobility poverty, in particular single mothers, who represent 85% of single parent families, as well as single women, women with disabilities, or elderly women living alone. In addition, women have different and more complex mobility patterns. Single parent families with dependent children have a particularly high risk of child poverty. Gender equality and equal opportunities for all, and the mainstreaming of those objectives, as well as questions of accessibility forrights of persons with disabilities should be taken into accountupheld and promoted throughout the preparation and implementation of Plans to ensure no one is left behind.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Member States should submit their Plans together with the update of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council35 and the European Code of Conduct on Partnership as set out in Regulation (EU) No 240/201435a. The Plans should include the measures to be financed, their estimated costs and the national contribution. They should also include key milestones and targets to assess the effective implementation of the measures. __________________ 35 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1). 35a Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014 of 7 January 2014 on the European code of conduct on partnership in the framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds (OJ L 74, 14.3.2014, p. 1).
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The Union should support Member States with sufficient financial means to implement their Plans through the Social Climate Fund. Pproportionate to Member States, taking into account their respective geographic and demographic realities, along with technical support to implement their Plans through the Social Climate Fund. Specific individual attention should be given to the unique and specific challenges of rural, insular, peripheral, mountainous, remote and less accessible regions or territories, which face an amplified socio-economic impact of the climate transition. With a view to ensuring the effectiveness of measures and investments for those regions, a specific minimum financial allocation should be established for applicable regions. In order to ensure the most efficient use of Union funds, payments from the Social Climate Fund should be made conditional on the achievement of the milestones and targets included in the Plans and should be in accordance with the costs indicated for achieving those milestones and targets and should ensure that they do not prolong fossil fuel dependency and avoid carbon lock-in. This would allow efficiently taking into account national circumstances and priorities while simplifying financing and facilitating its integration with other national spending programmes while guaranteeing the impact and the integrity of EU spending.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22 a) The principle of unity of the Union budget, whereby all items of revenue and expenditure of the Union are shown in the budget, is a Treaty requirement under Article 310(1) TFEU. The Fund is therefore to be fully integrated into the Union budget in order to, inter alia, respect the Community method, respect parliamentary democratic accountability, oversight and control, ensure predictability of funding and multiannual programming, and safeguard transparency of the budgetary decisions taken at Union level.
Amendment 28 #
(23) The financial envelope of the Fund should, in principle, be commensurate to amounts corresponding to 25% of the expected revenues from the inclusion ofis set on the basis of an assessment of the estimated amount generated by allocating to the Union budget 25% of the expected revenues linked to commercial road transport, commercial buildings and other fuels covered by Chapter IVa [ETS Directive] in the first period. That amount should be complemented by the revenues from the 150 million allowances auctioned in accordance with Article 30d(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC. Assuming a carbon price of 35 euros per tonne there would be an additional 5,25 billion euros available over the three year period. Together with the financial envelope this would amount to 16,39 billion euros for that period. A Comission proposal would be required to establish the amount for the Social Climate Fund for the second period 2028-2032, in light of the next MFF negotiations and any inclusion of the sectors of private buildings and private road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC in the period 2026-by 1 January 2029 in accordance with Article [XX] of Directive 2003/87/EC. Consequently, the Fund could reach 72 billion euros over the whole period [date of entry into force]- 2032. Pursuant to Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/205341 , Member States should make those revenues available to the Union budget as own resources. Member States are to finance 50%a significant share of the total costs of their Plans themselves, corresponding to at least 60 % for temporary direct income support and at least 50 % for targeted structural measures and investments. By way of derogation, it should be possible for the national co-financing share for targeted structural measures and investments to be limited to 40 % for Member States that are eligible for a top-up from the Modernisation Fund. For this purpose, as well as for investment and measures to accelerate and alleviate the required transition for citizens negatively affected, Member States should inter aliafirst use their expected revenues from emissions trading for buildings and road transport under Directive 2003/87/EC for that purpose. The financing of the Fund should not come at the expense of other Union programmes and policies. __________________ 41 Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom (OJ L 424, 15.12.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) In the event of a higher carbon price, additional allocations should be made available for the Fund so as to ensure that the available appropriations for the Social Climate Fund in the Union budget increase in alignment with the carbon price, in order to further support vulnerable households and transport users in the transition towards climate neutrality. Such annual reinforcements should be accommodated within the MFF by means of an automatic ‘carbon price fluctuation adjustment’ of the ceiling of Heading 3 and of the payment ceiling, the mechanism for which is to be provided for in Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 pursuant to Article 312 TFEU.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The Fund should support measures that respect the principle of additionality of Union funding. The Fund should not be a substitute for recurring national expenditures, except in duly justified cases.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure an efficient, transparent and coherent allocation of funds and to respect the principle of sound financial management, actions under this Regulation should be consistent with and be complementary to ongoing Union programmes, whilst avoiding double funding from the Fund and other Union programme, national and, where appropriate, regional programmes, instruments and funds, whilst avoiding that the Fund substitutes other Union programmes, investments and funds for the same expenditure. In particular, the Commission and the Member State should ensure, in all stages of the process, effective coordination in order to safeguard the consistency, coherence, complementarity and synergy among sources of funding and promote evidence-based policy-making, social innovation in partnership with the social partners and public and private bodies. To that effect, Member States should be required to present the relevant information on existing or planned Union financing when submitting their plans to the Commission. Financial support under the Fund should be additional to the support provided under other Union programmes and instruments. Measures and investment financed under the Fund should be able to receive funding from other Union programmes and instruments provided that such support does not cover the same costs.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25 a) To ensure that support under the Plans can be effectively implemented from the initial years starting from the date of entry into force of the Social Climate Fund, it should be possible for an amount of up to 13 % of the financial contribution of Member States to be paid in the form of pre-financing by the Commission following a request by the Member State submitted together with the Social Climate Plan.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) In order to facilitate the preparation of the Social Climate Plans and to ensure transparent rules for monitoring and evaluation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of setting out the template based on which Member States are to prepare their Social Climate Plans and the common indicators for reporting on the progress and for the purpose of monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the Plans. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016European Code of Conduct on Partnerships. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The implementation of the Fund should be carried out in line with the principle of sound financial management, including the protection of the Union budget in the case of breaches of the principles of the rule of law, the effective prevention and prosecution of fraud, tax fraud, tax evasion, corruption and conflicts of interest.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) For the purpose of sound financial management, while respecting the performance-based nature of the Fund, specific rules should be laid down for budget commitments, payments, suspension, and recovery of funds as well as for the termination of agreements related to financial support. The Member States should take appropriate measures to ensure that the use of funds in relation to measures supported by the Fund complies with applicable Union and national law. Member States must ensure that such support is granted in compliance with the EU State aid rules, where applicable. In particular, they should ensure that fraud, corruption and conflicts of interests are prevented, detected and corrected, and that double funding from the Fund and other Union programmes is avoided. Suspension and the termination of agreements related to financial support as well as reduction and recovery of the financial allocation should be possible when the Plan has not been implemented in a satisfactory manner by the Member State concerned, or in the case of serious irregularities, meaning fraud, corruption and conflicts of interest in relation to the measures supported by the Fund, or a serious breach of an obligation under the agreements related to financial support. In the case of termination of an agreement related to financial support or the reduction and recovery of a financial allocation, these amounts should be proportionally allocated to the other Member States. Appropriate contradictory procedures should be established to ensure that the decision by the Commission in relation to suspension and recovery of amounts paid as well as the termination of agreements related to financial support respects the right of Member States to submit observations.
Amendment 36 #
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
The measures and investments supported by the Fund shall benefit households, micro-enterprises, and transport users, which are vulnerable and particularly affected by the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, especially households in energy poverty and citizens without public transport alternative to individual cars (in remote and rural areas)mpact of the transition towards climate neutrality, including by carbon pricing, especially households in energy poverty and citizens in mobility poverty, paying special attention to those living in rural, insular, peripheral, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri- urban areas, the outermost regions, and carbon-intensive regions with high unemployment.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
The general objective of the Fund is to contribute to thea socially fair transition towards climate neutrality that leaves no one behind, in particular by addressing the social impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC. The specific objective of the Fund is to support vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, and vulnerable transport users, especially those in energy poverty or mobility poverty through temporary direct income support and through measures and investments intended to increase energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration and storage of energy from renewable sources, and granting improved access to zero- and low-emission mobility and transportefficient and affordable mobility and transport in accordance with Article 6, with the objective to phase out gradually and not prolong fossil fuel dependency and avoid carbon lock-in.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘building renovation’ means allny kinds of energy-related building renovation, including and accompanying safety measures, including by contributing to the renovation requirements established in Directive .../... [on the energy performance of buildings (recast) [2021/0426(COD)], aimed to reduce the building’s energy consumption, including: the insulation of the building envelope, that is to say walls, roof, floor, the replacement of windows,; passive ventilation; the installation of heat pumps and cooling systems; the replacement of heating, cooling and cooking appliances,; the upgrade of electrical installations and the installation of on-site production of energy from renewable sources, heat recuperation systems or the connection to nearby systems using energy and storage from renewable sources;
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘energy poverty’ means energy poverty as defined in point [(49)] of Article 2 of Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council50 ; __________________ 50 [Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ C […], […], p. […]).] [Proposal for recast of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency]ffecting households in the lowest income deciles, including lower middle-income ones that have a significant share of energy expenditure to disposable income, including as a result of low-quality housing, arrears on utility bills due to financial difficulties, or limited access to essential and affordable energy services that underpin a decent standard of living and health, including adequate warmth, cooling, lighting and energy to power appliances;
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
(2 a) ‘mobility poverty’ means poverty affecting households in the lowest deciles, including lower middle-incomes ones, that have a high share of mobility expenditure to disposable income or a limited access to affordable public or alternative modes of transport required to meet essential socio- economic needs, with a particular focus on households in rural, insular, peripheral, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas and the outermost regions, caused by one or a combination of the following factors that depend on national or local specificities: low income, high fuel expenditures, the phase-out of internal combustion engine cars, high costs or lack of affordable or available public or alternative modes of transport;
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘vulnerable households’ means households in or at risk of energy poverty or households in the lowest income deciles, including lower middle- income ones, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of buildings into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECtransition towards climate neutrality, including by carbon pricing, and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy;
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘vulnerable micro-enterprises’ means micro-enterprises that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of buildings into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to renovate the building they occupygreenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, as part of the just transition towards climate neutrality, leaving no one behind, and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy or upgrade road vehicles on which they rely in the course of business;
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘vulnerable transport users’ means transport users, including from lower middle-income households, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to purchase zero- and low- emission vehicles or to switch to alternative sustainable modes of transport, including public transport, particularly in rural and remote areas in the lowest income deciles, including lower middle- income ones, that are at risk of mobility poverty and significantly affected by the impact of the transition towards climate neutrality, including by carbon pricing.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’) together with the update to the integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the procedure and timeline laid down in that Article. The Plan shall contain a coherent set of measures and investments to address and following a meaningful consultation of local and regional level authorities, economic and social partners and relevant civil society organisations. The Plan shall contain a coherent set of measures and investments to address energy and mobility poverty, in particular the impact of the transition towards climate neutrality, including the impact of carbon pricing on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, and vulnerable transport users in order to ensure affordable and sustainable heating, cooling and mobility while accompanying and accelerating necessary measures to meet the climate targets of the Union.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Plan may include national or, where applicable, regional measures providing temporary direct income support to vulnerable households and households that are vulnerable transport users to reduce the impact of the increase in the price of fossil fuels resulting from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECtransition towards climate neutrality, including by carbon pricing.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The Plan shall include national, regional or local projects to:
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) finance measures and investments to increase energy efficiency of buildings, to implement energy efficiency improvement measures, to carry out building renovation and accompanying safety measures, where appropriate in combination with improvements in line with fire and seismic safety standards, and to decarbonise heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy production and storage of energy from renewable energy sources in accordance with Article 6;
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) finance measures and investments to increase the uptake of zero- and low- emission mobility and transportmobility and transport, including by directing measures and investments towards a modal shift from private to public, shared and active mobility, in accordance with Article 6.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) concrete measures and investments in accordance with Articles 3 to reduceand 6 to address the effects referred to in point (c) of this paragraph together with an explanation of how they would contribute effectively to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 1 within the overall setting of a Member State’s relevant policies;
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) the coherence and mutual reinforcement of the accompanying measures to reduce the effects referred to in point (c);
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an estimate of the likely effects of that increase in prices on households, and in particular on incidenca price increase ofn energy poverty, on micro-enterprises and on transport users, comprising in particular an estimate and the identification of and mobility poverty, on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, and vulnerable transport users; these impacts are to be analysed with a sufficient level of regional disaggregation, taking into account national specificities and elements such as access to public transport and basic services and identifying the areas mostly affected, particularly territories which are remote and ruralural, insular, peripheral, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas and the outermost regions which will need particular attention and support for the transition towards climate neutrality;
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) where the Plan provides for measures referred to in Article 3(2), the criteria for the identification of eligible final recipients, the indication of the envisaged time limit for the measures in question and their justification on the basis of a quantitative estimate and a qualitative explanation of how the measures in the Plan are expected to reduce energy and transportmobility poverty and the vulnerability of households, micro-enterprises and transport users to an increase of road transport and heating fuel prices; as well as a justification on how those measures complement existing activities of Member States to that effect;
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) envisaged milestones, targets and an indicative timetable for the implementation of the measures and investments to be completed by each biennial integrated national energy and climate progress report pursuant to Article 23 and by 31 July 2032;
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) an indicative timetable, where applicable, for the support for vehicles in accordance with Article 6(2), point (d);
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) how the measures and investments, where relevant, promote sustainable and quality jobs;
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the arrangements for the effective monitoring and implementation of the Plan by the Member State concerned, to be undertaken in close consultation with local and regional level authorities, economic and social partners and relevant civil society organisations in accordance with national law and practices, in particular of the proposed milestones and targets, including indicators for the implementation of measures and investments, which, where relevant, shall be those available with the Statistical office of the European Union European Statistical Office and the European Energy Poverty Observatory as identified by Commission Recommendation 2020/156354 on energy poverty; __________________ 54 OJ L 357, 27.10.2020, p. 35.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) for the preparation and, where available, for the implementation of the Plan, a summary of the consultation process, conducted in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and with the national legal framework, of local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations, youth organisations and other relevant stakeholders, and how the input of the stakeholders is reflected in the Plan as well as their specific roles on the design, implementation and monitoring;
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(k a) the proportion of the Fund set aside for community-led local climate transition projects.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission is empowered to adopt, within .... [insert date three months from the entry into force of this Regulation], a delegated act in accordance with Article 25 to supplement this Regulation by setting out a template based on which Member States are to prepare their Plan.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Payment of support shall be conditional uponmade in accordance with the costs indicated to achievinge the milestones and targets for measures and investments set out in the Plans in accordance with Article 6. Those milestones and targets shall be compatible with the Union’s climate targets, in line with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, and cover in particular:
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) building renovation, including by contributing to the achievement of the renovation requirements established in Directive .../... [on the energy performance of buildings (recast) [2021/0426(COD)]];
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) zero- and low-emission mobility and transportmobility and transport in accordance with Article 6;
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) greenhouse gas emissions reductions, with the objective to phase out gradually and not prolong fossil fuel dependency and avoid carbon lock-in, relating to measures and investments in accordance with Article 6;
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) reductions in the number of vulnerable households, especiallyi.e. households in or at risk of energy poverty, of vulnerable micro-enterprises and of vulnerable transport users, including in rural and remote areas., insular, peripheral, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas and the outermost regions which will need particular attention and support for the transition towards climate neutrality;
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) contribution to, where relevant, sustainable and quality jobs.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The Fund shall only support measures and investments respecting the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852. that are consistent with the technical criteria established in the framework of Regulation (EU) 2020/8521a and respecting the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ referred to in Article 17 of that Regulation. Recipients of the Fund shall respect applicable Union and national law on social and labour rights. __________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may include the costs of measures providing temporary direct income support to vulnerable households and vulnerable households that are transport users, including the reduction of electricity taxes and fees, as a transitional measure to vulnerable households and vulnerable transport users affected by energy poverty or mobility poverty, to absorb the increase in road transport and heating fuel prices. Such support shall constitute intermediary support to those vulnerable households, decreaseing over time and be limited to the direct impact of the emission trading for buildings and road transport. Eligibility for such direct income support shall cease within , subject to the implementation of structural measures or investments with long-lasting impacts to effectively lift those beneficiaries out of energy and mobility poverty. Such support shall be limited to a maximum of 40% of the total estimated cost of each Plan for the period 2024-2027 and shall be set for the period 2028-2032 in accordance withe time limits identified underhe assessment by the Commission made in accordance with Article 24(1) point (d)3), with a view to phasing out such support by the end of 2032.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States may include the costs of the following measures and investments with lasting impacts in the estimated total costs of the Plans, provided they principally benefit vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, or vulnerable transport users and intend to:
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) support building renovations, especiallyquality, cost- and energy efficient building renovations, especially to contribute to the achievement of the renovation requirements established in Directive .../... [on the energy performance of buildings (recast) [2021/0426(COD)]] and for those occupying worst- performing buildings, with a special attention to tenants and social housing, including in the form of financial support or fiscal incentives such as deductibility of renovation costs from the rent, or specific support for the renovation of social housing in order to facilitate access to affordable energy-efficient housing independently of the ownership of the buildings concerned;
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) ensure access to affordable energy-efficient housing, including by providing sufficient energy-efficient and affordable housing stock, including social housing;
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) contribute to the cost-efficient decarbonisation, including the electrification, of heating and cooling of, and cooking in, buildings by ensuring access to affordable and energy-efficient systems, and the integration and storage of energy from renewable sources, including through citizen energy communities and peer-to-peer energy sharing, to power any residual demand, smart internal electricity installations or cover connection costs to smart grids and any other measures that contribute unequivocally to the achievements of energy savings as well as connection to district heating networks, such as vouchers, subsidies or zero- interest loans to invest in products and services to increase the energy performance of buildings or to integrate renewable energy sources in buildings;
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) provide targeted, accessible and affordable information, education, awareness and advice on cost-effective measures and investments and available support for building renovations and energy efficiency, as well as sustainable and affordable mobility and transport alternatives, including through energy audits of buildings, tailored energy consultations or tailored mobility management services;
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) support public and private entities, including social-housing providers, in particular public-private cooperation, in developing and providing safe and affordable energy efficiency renovation solutions and appropriate funding instruments in line with the social goals of the Fund, including smart-grid solutions;
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) provide access to zero- and low- financial support or fiscal incentives to improve access to zero- emission vehicles, while maintaining technological neutrality, and to bicycles, including incentivising access to, and the further development of, the second-hand zero-emission vehicles and bimarkest, including financial support or fiscal incentives for their purchase as well as, for appropriate public and private infrastructure, including for recharging and refuelling; for support concerning low-emission vehicles, a timetable for gradually reducing the support shall be providedthe purchase of zero-emission vehicles; the support shall be limited to vehicles which are available at or below the average market price for such vehicles in a Member State in a given year; measures to support low-emission vehicles shall be primarily considered only where access to zero-emission mobility is not yet feasible, in particular for rural, remote and less accessible areas. Member States shall provide a timetable for gradually reducing the support, in accordance with the technical criteria established by the Commission under Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139;
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) grant free access to public transport or adapted tariffs for access to public transport, as well as fostering sustainable mobility on demand and shared mobility serviceincentivise the use of affordable and accessible zero- and low-emission public transport, as well as supporting private and public entities, including cooperatives, in developing and providing sustainable mobility on demand, shared mobility services and attractive active mobility options, especially in rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas, in less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas and the outermost regions;
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall promote, where relevant, sustainable and quality jobs when implementing the measures and investments in accordance with paragraph 2.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. By 31 July 2023, the Commission shall provide guidance on cost-effective measures and investments in the context of paragraph 2. By 31 July 2026 and every two years thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate the cost- effectiveness of the measures and investments implemented by the Member States as part of their Plans on the basis of the biennial integrated national energy and climate progress report pursuant to Article 23. The Commission shall report on best practices and shall adjust the guidance accordingly.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Fund shall not support, and the estimated total costs of Plans shall not includreplace measures in the form of direct income support pursuant to Article 3(2) of this Regulation to the extent that those are additional and complementary to the support provided for households already benefiting:
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) from public intervention in the price level of the fuels covered by Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/ECused for combustion in the heating and cooling of buildings or road transport;
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Where it is proven by the Member State concerned in its Plan that the public interventions referred to in paragraph 1 do not fully off-set the price increase resulting from the inclusion of the sectors of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, direct income support may be included in the estimated total costs in the limits of the price increase not fully off-set.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Member States may include into the estimated total costs financial support provided to public or private entities, strictly excluding financial intermediaries, other than vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport uses in energy poverty or mobility poverty, if those entities carry out measures and investments on their behalf and which ultimately directly benefitting those vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, and vulnerable transport users provided that these entities comply with the social and environmental safeguards referred to in Article 5.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Member States shall provide for the necessary statutory and contractual safeguards to ensure that the entire benefit is passed on to the households, micro- enterprises, and transport users. Such entities shall comply with the requirements on visibility set out in Article 22a. The Commission shall issue guidance on minimum principles and safeguards and promote best practices.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 2025-2027 shall be EUR 23 700 000 000 in current prices[date of entry into force]-2027 shall be at least EUR 11 140 000 000 in current prices. The Fund shall be complemented by revenue resulting from the auctioning of 150 million allowances in accordance with Article 30d(3) of [ETS Directive] [5 250 000 000 indicative amount] for this period. That funding shall be implemented in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 2028-2032 shall be EUR 48 500 000 000 in current pricesestablished after a revision of this Regulation, subject to the availability of the amounts under the annual ceilings of the applicable multiannual financial framework referred to in Article 312 TFEU and the assessment and, where appropriate and if the conditions are met, targeted review in accordance with [Article 30a(1a)] of Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Additional allocations shall be made available subject to the specific technical adjustment based on the carbon- price fluctuation provided for in Article 4b of ... [Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/20931a as amended] so as to ensure that the available appropriations for the Social Climate Fund in the Union budget increase in alignment with the carbon price. The prolongation of the specific technical adjustment based on carbon-price fluctuation shall be considered in the context of the negotiations of the applicable multiannual financial framework. __________________ 1a Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (OJ L 433I , 22.12.2020, p. 11).
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. In accordance with [Article 30d(5)] of Directive 2003/87/EC, Member States shall use revenues from the allowances auctioned in accordance with Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC first for the national co-financing of their Plans and, for any remaining revenue, for social climate measures and investments in accordance with Article 6 of this Regulation, except for the revenues established as own resources in accordance with Article 311(3) TFEU and entered in the Union budget as general income.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Support under the Fund shall be additional to the support provided under other Union funds, programmes and instrumentsand used in synergy, complementarity, coherence and consistency to the support provided under other Union, national and, where appropriate, regional funds, programmes and instruments, in particular the Modernisation Fund, the InvestEU Programme, the Technical Support Instrument, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, and the Funds covered by Regulation (EU) 2021/1060. Measures and investments supported under the Fund may receive support from other Union funds, programmes and instruments provided that such support does not cover the same cost.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. TWithout prejudice to Article 9(1a), the maximum financial allocation shall be calculated for each Member State as specified in Annex I and Annex II.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Each Member State may submit a request up to its maximum financial allocation to implement its Plan and up to the maximum of its share of the additional allocation made available pursuant to Article 9(1a), as specified in Annex II and based on the methodology for the calculation as referred to in Annex I.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a Pre-financing 1. Subject to the adoption by the Commission of the implementing act referred to in Article 16(1) of this Regulation, when a Member State requests pre-financing together with the submission of the Plan, the Commission shall make a pre-financing payment of an amount of up to 13 % of the financial contribution referred to in Article [ ] of this Regulation. By way of derogation from Article 116(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, the Commission shall make the corresponding payment within, to the extent possible, two months after the conclusion by the Commission of the individual legal commitment referred to in Article 18 of this Regulation. 2. In cases of pre-financing under paragraph 1 of this Article, the financial contributions referred to in Article [ ] shall be adjusted proportionally.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall contribute at least to 50 percent of the total estimated costs of their Plans. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States shall contribute at least to 60 % of the total estimated costs of the measures and investments referred to in Article 6(1) in their Plans. The contribution of Member States with a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita at market prices below 65 % of the Union average during the period 2016 to 2018 shall be limited to a maximum of 40 % of the total estimated costs of the measures and investments referred to in Article 6(2) in their Plans.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall inter alia usefirst use any revenues from the auctioning of their allowances in accordance with Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC for their national contribution to the total estimated costs of their Plans.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) whether the Plan represents an adequate and effective response to the social impact on and challenges faced by vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, and vulnerable transport users in the Member State concerned from establishing the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/ECthe impact of the transition towards climate neutrality, including by carbon pricing, especially by households in energy poverty and mobility poverty, duly taking into account the challenges identified in the assessments of the Commission of the update of the concerned Member State’s integrated national energy and climate plan and of its progress pursuant to Article 9(3), and Articles 13 and 29 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as well as in the Commission recommendations to Member States issued pursuant to Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in view of the Union’s 2030 climate and energy targets and objectives and the long-term objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050. This shall take into account the specific challenges and the financial allocation of the Member State concerned;
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Therefore, a part of the revenues generated by the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC should be used to address the social impacts arising from that inclusion, for the transition to be just and inclusive, leaving no one behind.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i a (new)
(i a) whether the Plan has been developed with the meaningful consultation, of local and regional level authorities, economic and social partners, and relevant civil society organisations in accordance with the principles of the European code of conduct on partnerships established by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014;
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) whether the Plan is expected to ensure that no measure ors and investments included in the Plan do not causes significant harm to environmental objectives within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852;
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii a (new)
(ii a) whether the recipients of the Fund respect applicable Union and national law on social and labour rights;
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
(iii) whether the Plan contains innovative and existing measures and effective investments in solutions that contribute to the green transition, including to addressing the challenges resulting therefrom, addressing the social impacts and in particular to the achievement of the 2030 and 2050 climate and energy objectives of the Union and the 2030 milestones of the Mobility Strategy.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
(i) whether the Plan is expected to have a lasting impact on the Union’s 2030 target, on climate neutrality and on the challenges addressed by that Plan and in particular on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, and vulnerable transport users, especially households in energy poverty and mobility poverty, in the Member State concerned;
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iii a) whether the measures and investments proposed by the Member State concerned are internally coherent and foster complementarity, synergy, coherence and consistency with other Union instruments and programmes;
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii b (new)
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
(i) whether the justification provided by the Member State for the amount of the estimated total costs of the Plan is reasonable, plausible, in line with the principle of cost efficiency and commensurate to the expected national environmental and social impact, while also taking into account national specificities that may impact the costs provided in the Plan;
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. On the basis of the assessment in accordance with Article 15, the Commission shall decide on the Plan of a Member State, by means of an implementing act, within sixthree months from the date of the submission of that Plan pursuant to Article 3(1) of this Regulation.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the Union financial allocation allocated in accordance with Articles 13 and 13a of this Regulation to be paid in pre-financing and instalments once the Member State has satisfactorily fulfilled the relevant milestones and targets identified in relation to the implementation of the Plan, which shall be subject, for the period 2028-2032, to the availability of the amounts referred to in Article 9(2) of this Regulation under the annual ceilings of the multiannual financial framework referred to in Article 312 TFEU;
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. A Member State may start implementing measures and investments set out in its Plan as of ... [insert the date of entry into application of this Regulation], before the Commission gives a positive decision under paragraph 1. This shall be without prejudice to the outcome of the Commission's assessment under Article 15 and its power to approve or reject the Plan. The Union financial allocation in respect of such ongoing measures and investments shall remain conditional on the approval of the Plan by means of the Commission decision and on the fulfilment of the relevant milestones and targets by such a Member State. Where the Commission gives a positive assessment of the Plan, its decision referred to in paragraph 1 shall also include, where relevant, such ongoing measures and investments and take into account the fact that they are already being implemented.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Where a Social Climate Plan, including relevant milestones and targets, is no longer achievable, either in whole or in part, by the Member State concerned because of objective circumstances, in particular because of the actual direct effects of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC, the Member State concerned may the Member State concerned may, following, the meaningful consultation of relevant stakeholders in accordance with the principles of the European code of conduct on partnerships established by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014 submit to the Commission an amendment of its Plan to include the necessary and duly justified changes. Member States may request technical support for the preparation of such request.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. 1a. Where additional allocations are made available pursuant to Article 9(1a), the Member State concerned may submit a targeted amendment of its Plan to the Commission in order to: (a) increase the number of beneficiaries of, or the costs borne by, a measure or investment set out in its Plan; (b) add measures or investments in accordance with Article 6.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Where the Commission gives a positive assessment to the amended Plan, it shall in accordance with Article 16(1) adopt, within three months of the official submission of the amended Plan by the Member State, a decision setting out the reasons for its positive assessment, by means of an implementing act. Where a plan is amended as set out in paragraph 1a, point (a), that period shall be reduced to six weeks.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. By 15 March 2027 each Member State concerned shall assess the appropriateness of its Plans in view of the actual direct effects of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/087/ECimpact of the transition towards climate neutrality, including by carbon pricing. Those assessments shall be submitted to the Commission as part of the biennial progress reporting pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. After the Commission has adopted a decision as referred to in Article 16, it shall in due time conclude an agreement with the Member State concerned constituting an individual legal commitment within the meaning of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 covering the period 2025-2027. That agreement may be concluded at the earliest one year befrom ... [the date of entry into force the year of the start of the aucof this Regulations] under Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/ECtil 2027.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Where, as a result of the assessment referred to in paragraph 32, the Commission establishes that the milestones and targets set out in the Commission decision referred to in Article 16 have not been satisfactorily fulfilled, the payment of all or part of the financial allocation shall be suspended. The amount of the financial allocation suspended shall be in line with the costs of the measures for which the milestones and targets are not satisfactorily met. The Member State concerned may present its observations within one month of the communication of the Commission’s assessment.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Where the Commission establishes that the Member State concerned under this Article has not brought into force the law, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the European Parliament and the Council amending Directive IVa of Directive ..../..../EC [(COD)2021/0211], the payment of the financial allocation shall be suspended. The suspension shall only be lifted where the Member State concerned has brought those laws, regulations and administrative provisions into force.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Article 19 – paragraph 7
7. Where, within 12 months of the date of the conclusion of relevant agreements referred to in Article 18, no tangible progress has been made in respect of any relevant milestones and targets by the Member State concerned, the Commission shall terminate the relevant agreements referred to in Article 18 and shall de-commit the amount of the financial allocation. Any pre-financing in accordance with Article [13a] shall be recovered in full. The Commission shall take a decision on the termination of agreements referred to in Article 18 after having given the Member State concerned the possibility to present its observations within a period of two months of the communication of its assessment as to whether no tangible progress has been made. Any decommitted amounts shall be proportionally allocated to other Member States.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. In implementing the Fund, the Member States, as beneficiaries of funds under the Fund, shall respect the fundamental values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, including the rule of law. They shall take all the appropriate measures to protect the financial interests of the Union and to ensure that the use of funds in relation to measures and investments supported by the Fund complies with the applicable Union and national law, in particular regarding the protection of the Union budget in the case of breaches of the principles of the rule of law, prevention, detection and correction of fraud, corruption and conflicts of interests. To this effect, the Member States shall provide an effective and efficient internal control system as further detailed in Annex III and the recovery of amounts wrongly paid or incorrectly used. Member States may rely on their regular national budget management systems.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. In implementing the Fund, the Commission shall take all the appropriate measures in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 to ensure the protection of funds in relation to measures and investments supported by the Fund in the case of breaches of the principles of the rule of law in the Member States. The Commission shall provide, to that effect, an effective and efficient internal control system and the recovery of amounts wrongly paid or incorrectly used.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Where it is established that breaches of the principles of the rule of law in a Member State affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Fund or the protection of the financial interests of the Union, the Commission shall take the appropriate measures in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 which may include, inter alia, a suspension of payments to the affected national authorities. In such cases, the Commission shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the intended final beneficiaries of the Fund continue to have access to Union assistance, with the Commission ensuring disbursement via local and regional authorities, non- governmental organisations, or other entities with a proven capacity to ensure the sound financial management of the Fund.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Commission and the Member States concerned shall, in a manner commensurate to their respective responsibilities, foster synergies and ensure effective coordination between the Fund and other Union programmes and instruments, including the Modernisation Fund, InvestEU Programme, the Technical Support Instrument, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, and the Funds covered by Regulation (EU) 2021/1060. For that purpose, they shall:
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure complementarity, synergy, coherence and consistency among different instruments at Union, national and, where appropriate, local and regional levels, both in the planning phase and during implementation;
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ensure close cooperation between those responsible for implementation and control at Union, national and, where appropriate, local and regional levels, including relevant stakeholders in accordance with the principles of the European code of conduct on partnerships established by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014 to achieve the objectives of the Fund.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) detailed quantitative information on the number of households in energy poverty and in mobility poverty, in particular vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, and vulnerable transport users;
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) detailed information on the application of the definition of energy and mobility poverty in accordance with Article 2(2) and (2a) on the basis of concrete and measurable criteria;
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) when applicable, detailed information on progress towards the national indicative targets and objectives to reduce the number of households in energy poverty; and mobility poverty, in particular vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, and vulnerable transport users.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) detailed information on the results of the measures and investments, in particular as regards to the emissions reduction achieved and the number of people benefitting from the measures included in its Plan;
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(c b) detailed information on the share and targeting of direct income support included in its Plan;
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) in 2027, an assessment of the Plan referred to in Article 17(5) in view of the actual direct effects of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/087/EC;
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission shall monitor the share of costs related to the surrender of allowances under Chapter IVa of Directive .../.../EC[(COD)2021/0211] absorbed by fuel suppliers and passed on to final consumers. The Commission shall annually report its finding to the European Parliament.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Article 23 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 25 to supplement this Regulation in order to set out the common indicators to be used for reporting on the progress and for the purpose of monitoring and evaluation of the Fund towards the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 1, including a template based on which Member States have to report. The Commission shall adopt those delegated acts no later than ...[3 months after the entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a Transparency 1. The Commission shall transmit the Plans submitted by Member States, and the decisions, as made public by the Commission, simultaneously and on equal terms to the European Parliament and the Council without undue delay. 2. Information transmitted by the Commission to the Council or any of its preparatory bodies in the context of this Regulation or its implementation shall simultaneously be made available to the European Parliament, subject to confidentiality arrangements if necessary. 3. The Commission shall provide the competent committees of the European Parliament with an overview of its preliminary findings concerning the satisfactory fulfilment of the relevant milestones and targets included in the Plans submitted by Member States. 4. The competent committees of the European Parliament may invite the Commission to provide information on the state of play of the assessment by the Commission of the Plans.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 b (new)
Article 23 b (new)
Article 23 b Social Climate Dialogue 1. In order to enhance the dialogue between the Union institutions, in particular the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, and to ensure greater transparency and accountability, the competent committees of the European Parliament may invite the Commission twice a year to discuss the following matters: (a) the Plans submitted by Member States; (b) the assessment by the Commission of the Plans submitted by Member States; (c) the status of fulfilment of the milestones and targets of the Plans submitted by Member States; (d) payment, suspension and termination procedures, including any observation presented and remedial measures taken by Member States to ensure a satisfactory fulfilment of the milestones and targets; (e) any other relevant information and documentation provided by the Commission to the competent committee of the European Parliament in relation to the implementation of the Fund. 2. The European Parliament may express its views in resolutions as regards the matters referred to in paragraph 1. 3. The Commission shall take into account any elements arising from the views expressed through the social climate dialogue, including the resolutions from the European Parliament if provided.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 July 20286, the Commission shall provide the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions with an evaluation report on the implementation and functioning of the Fund until that date, taking into account in particular the results of the first reports submitted by Member States in accordance with Article 23.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. For every year that the Fund is active, the Commission shall provide a report to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of the CO2 reduction arising from the investments in energy efficiency of building, integration of energy from renewable sources and granting improved access to zero- and low-emission mobility and transport.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. The evaluation report referred to in paragraph 1 shall, in particular, assess: (a) to which extent the objectives of the Fund laid down in Article 1 have been achieved, the efficiency of the use of the resources and the Union added value.; (b) on a country-by-country basis, the progress and effect of the implementation of structural investments and measures and the use of the direct income support in light of the achievement of the milestones and targets in the Plans, and the subsequent need for, and required level of, direct income support in that context, pursuant to the rules set out in Article 6(1) for the period 2028-2032 ; (c) the application of the definitions of energy and mobility poverty as reported by Member States in accordance with Article 23(1aa) and whether a more detailed approach may be necessary in the future, and, where appropriate, present a proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council; It shall consider the continued relevance of all objectives and actions set out in Article 6 in light of the impact on greenhouse gas emissions from the emission trading system for buildings and road transport pursuant to Chapter IVa ofpursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC and from the national measures taken to meet the binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council63 . It shall also consider the continued relevance of the financial envelope of the Fund in relation to possible developments concerning the auctioning of allowances under the emission trading system for buildings and road transport pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC and othpursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC and other relevant considerations. As part of the evaluation report referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall also consider the prolongation of the specific technical adjustment based on carbon- price fluctuation refer relevant considerations. d to in Article 9 in the context of the negotiations of the next multiannual financial framework. __________________ 63 Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26-42).
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. The delegations of power referred to in Articles 4(2a) and 23(4) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect on the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 9
Annex I – paragraph 9
For all Member States, αi cannot be lower than 0,07 % of the sum of the financial envelopes as referred to in Article 9(1) and (2). For the Member States with a GNI per capita below 90% of the EU-27 value, αi cannot be lower than the share of reference emissions under Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 for the sectors covered by [Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC] for the average of the period 2016-2018. The αi of the Member States with a GNI per capita above the EU-27 value are proportionally adjusted to ensure that the sum of all αi equals 100%.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment Member State into force]-2032 Luxemburg 0.10 [73 476 4dditional allocations pertaining from Article 9(1a) shall be allocated to Member States on the basis of the following share. Maximum financial allocation per EU Member State Amount for TOTAL Amount for [date of entry [date of entry 2028-2032 Share as % into force]-2027 (in EUR, current of total (in EUR, (in EUR, prices) current prices) current prices) Belgium 2.56 [1 844 737 639] [605 544 073] [1 239 193 566] Bulgaria 3.85 [2 778 104 958] [911 926 420] [1 866 178 538] Czechia 2.40 [1 735 707 679] [569 754 460] [1 165 953 219] Netherlands 1.11 [800 832 27Denmark 0.50 [361 244 536] [118 580 270] [242 664 266] Germany 8.19 [5 910 983 488] [1 940 308 984] [3 970 674 504] Estonia 0.29 [207 004 992] [67 950 392] [139 054 600] Ireland 1.02 [737 392 966] [242 052 816] [495 340 150] Greece 5.52 [3 986 664 037] [1 308 641 796] [2 678 022 241] Spain 10.53 [7 599 982 898] [2 494 731 228] [5 105 251 670] France 11.20 [8 087 962 701] [2 654 912 964] [5 433 049 737] Croatia 1.94 [1 403 864 753] [460 825 411] [943 039 343] Italy 10.81 [7 806 923 117] [2 562 660 358] [5 244 262 759] Cyprus 0.20 [145 738 994] [47 839 531] [97 899 463] Latvia 0.71 [515 361 901] [169 170 042] [346 191 859] Lithuania 1.02 [738 205 618] [242 319 573] [495 886 046] [24 118 991] [49 357 430] Hungary 4.33 [3 129 860 199] [1 027 391 783] [2 102 468 416] Malta 0.01 [5 112 942] [1 678 348] [3 434 594] [262 877 075] [537 955 195] Austria 0.89 [643 517 259] [211 237 660] [432 279 599] Poland [12 714 118 17.61 688] [4 173 471 093] [8 540 647 595] Portugal 1.88 [1 359 497 281] [446 261 573] [913 235 708] Romania 9.26 [6 682 901 998] [2 193 694 977] [4 489 207 021] Slovenia 0.55 [397 623 987] [130 522 001] [267 101 985] Slovakia 2.36 [1 701 161 680] [558 414 568] [1 142 747 112] Finland 0.54 [386 966 933] [127 023 772] [259 943 161] Sweden 0.62 [445 050 067] [146 089 842] [298 960 225] [72 200 000 [23 700 000 EU27 100% 000] 000] [48 500 000 000]
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The financial envelope of the Fund should, in principle, be commensurate to amounts corresponding to 25% of the expected revenues from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC in the period 2026-2032. Pursuant to Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/205341 , Member States should make those revenues available to the Union budget as own resources. Member States are to finance 50%a significant share of the total costs of their Plans themselves, corresponding to at least 60 % for temporary direct income support and at least 50 % for targeted structural measures and investments. By way of derogation, it should be possible for the national co-financing share for targeted structural measures and investments to be limited to 40 % for Member States that are eligible for a top- up from the Modernisation Fund. For this purpose, as well as for investment and measures to accelerate and alleviate the required transition for citizens negatively affected, Member States should inter alia use their expected revenues from emissions trading for buildings and road transport under Directive 2003/87/EC for that purpose. _________________ 41 Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom (OJ L 424, 15.12.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Since the socio-economic impact of the green transition will be felt by vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users in all Member States, each Member State should at least receive a minimum allocation of 0.07% of the Fund to support households and transport users in making the green transition.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘vulnerable transport users’ means transport users, including from lower middle-income households, that are at risk of transport poverty and significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to purchase zero- and low- emission vehicles or to switch to alternative sustainable modes of transport, including public transport, particularly in rural and remote areas.
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may include the costs of measures providing temporary direct income support, including reduction of taxes and fees, as a transitional measure to vulnerable households and vulnerable households that are transport users to absorb the increase in road transport and heating fuel prices. Such support shall decrease over time and be limited to the direct impact of the emission trading for buildings and road transport. Eligibility for sSuch direct income support shall cease within the time limits identified under Article 4(1) point (d)not exceed 25% of the total estimated costs of the Plan and shall be limited in time to three years, starting from the date by which the Member State shall apply the provisions of Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC [(COD)2021/0211] as regards fuels which are used for combustion in private road transport and private heating and cooling of residential buildings.
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) provide financial support or fiscal incentives to improve access to zero- and low- emission vehicles and bikes, including financial support or fiscal incentives for their purchase as well as for appropriate public and private infrastructure, including for recharging and refuelling, as well as for the development of a second-hand zero- and low-emission vehicle market; for support concerning low-emission vehicles, a timetable for gradually reducing the support shall be provided; for support concerning the purchase of zero- and low- emission vehicles, the support shall be limited to vehicles falling within the lowest 50% of the market price range for such vehicles in a Member State in a given year;
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) The Social Climate Fund will be endowed with a baseline allocation in the EU budget, which will also benefit from annual reinforcements in alignment with a higher carbon price, by means of an automatic adjustment of the relevant MFF ceilings, in order to further support households and transport users in making the climate transition. It should be an integral part of the EU budget in order to preserve the unity and integrity of the budget, respect the Community method and ensure that there is effective control by the budgetary authority, composed of the Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 350 #
1. The Fund shall not supportreplace, and the estimated total costs of Plans shall only include measures in the form of direct income support pursuant to Article 3(2) of this Regulation to the extent that these are additional and complementary to the support provided for households already benefiting: of Plans shall not include measures in the form of direct income support pursuant to Article 3(2) of this Regulation for households already benefiting:
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 20254-2027 shall be at least EUR 23 700 000 000 in current prices.
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 2028-2032 shall be at least EUR 48 500 000 000 in current prices, subject to the availability of the amounts under the annual ceilings of the applicable multiannual financial framework referred to in Article 312 TFEU.
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall contribute at least to 560 percent of the total estimated costs of the measures and investments referred to in Article 6(1) in their Plans.
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States shall contribute at least to 50 percent of the total estimated costs of the measures and investments referred to in Article 6(2) in their Plans. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, the contribution of Member States with a GDP per capita at market prices below 65% of the Union average during the period 2016 to 2018 shall be limited to a maximum of 40 percent of the total estimated costs of the measures and investments referred to in Article 6(2) in their Plans.
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall inter alia use revenues from the auctioning of their allowances in accordance with Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC for their national contribution to the total estimated costs of their Plans.
Amendment 430 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘building renovation’ means allny kinds of energy-related building renovation action aiming at reducing its energy consumption, including: the insulation of the building envelope, that is to say walls, roof, floor, the replacement of windows,; passive ventilation ; the installation of hybrid heat pumps; the replacement of heating, cooling and cooking appliances, ; and the installation of on-site production ofr the connection to nearby systems using energy from renewable sources;
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. After the Commission has adopted a decision as referred to in Article 16, it shall in due time conclude an agreement with the Member State concerned constituting an individual legal commitment within the meaning of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 covering the period 20254-2027. That agreement may be concluded at the earliest one year before the year of the start of the auctions under Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission shall monitor the share of costs related to the surrender of allowances under Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC absorbed by fuel suppliers and passed on to final consumers. The Commission shall annually report its findings to Parliament.
Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 July 20286, the Commission shall provide the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions with an evaluation report on the implementation and functioning of the Fund.
Amendment 549 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) finance measures and investments to increase energy efficiency of buildings, to implement energy efficiency improvement measures, to carry out building renovation, where appropriate in combination with strengthening fire and seismic safety standards, and to decarbonise heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy production from renewable energy sources;
Amendment 642 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) the proportion of the fund set aside for community-led local climate transition projects.
Amendment 753 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) support public and private entities, in particular public-private cooperation, in developing and providing safe and affordable energy efficiency renovation solutions and appropriate funding instruments in line with the social goals of the Fund;
Amendment 763 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) provide access to zero- and low- emission vehicles and bikcycles, including financial support or fiscal incentives for their purchase and lease as well as for appropriate public and private infrastructure, including for recharging and refuelling; for support concerning low- emission vehicles, a timetable for gradually reducing the support shall be provided;
Amendment 837 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Additional allocations shall be made available subject to the specific technical adjustment based on carbon- price fluctuation referred to in Article 30(3b) of Directive 2003/87/EC to ensure that the available appropriations for the Social Climate Fund in the EU budget shall evolve in alignment with the carbon price.
Amendment 1021 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Where the Commission establishes that the Member State concerned under this Article has not brought into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the European Parliament and the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC as regards Chapter IVa of Directive ..../..../EC [(COD)2021/0211], the payment of the financial allocation shall be suspended. The suspension shall only be lifted where the Member State concerned has brought these laws, regulations and administrative provisions into force;
Amendment 1090 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. As part of evaluation report referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall consider the prolongation of the specific technical adjustment based on carbon-price fluctuation referred to in Article 9 in the context of the negotiations of the next multiannual financial framework.
Amendment 1113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 9
Annex I – paragraph 9
For all Member States, αi cannot be lower than 0.07% of the sum of the financial envelopes as referred to in Article 9(1) and (2). For the Member States with a GNI per capita below 90% of the EU-27 value, αi cannot be lower than the share of reference emissions under Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 for the sectors covered by [Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC] for the average of the period 2016-2018. The αi of the Member States with a GNI per capita above the EU-27 value are proportionally adjusted to ensure that the sum of all αi equals 100%.