Activities of Robert GOEBBELS related to 2008/0014(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Shared effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (debate)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Greenhouse gas emissions from sectors not covered by Directive 2003/87/EC should continue to diminish annually in a linear manner after 2020. However, it is useless to establish extremely ambitious reductions as of now up to 2050, while neither current scientific knowledge nor technological development make it possible to make realistic projections beyond the next twenty years.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
'International agreement' means a global and comprehensive agreement in the context of the UNFCCC entailing, for the EU, the objective of a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 compared to 1990, commitments to comparable efforts by other developed countries and adequate contributions by economically more advanced developing countries, according to their responsibilities and respective capabilities.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Annex -1 applies in the event that a future international agreement on climate change ensures comparable commitments for other developed countries and adequate contributions by economically more advanced developing countries according to their responsibilities and respective capabilities and the Community agrees to a reduction target of 30% compared to 1990 levels.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. The annual use of credits by each Member State pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall not exceed a quantity equal to 34% of the greenhouse gas emissions of that Member State not covered under Directive 2003/87/EC in the year 2005.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Subject to paragraph 3 and Article 4, each Member State shallould ensure that its anthropogenic net total greenhouse gas emissions in 2013 from sources and sinks not covered under Directive 2003/87/EC do not exceed the average annual greenhouse gas emissions of that Member State from those sources and sinks during the years 2008, 2009 and 2010, as reported and verified pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC and Decision 280/2004/EC.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Each Member State may transfer the unused part of that quantity to another another Member State. Member State, or carry it over to the following year. In Member States affected by international road transit to a significant degree, the annual utilisation of credits may be doubled. The Commission shall propose objective rules for determining the level of international road transit starting from which such additional credits may be utilised by the Member States concerned. These rules shall be agreed pursuant to Article 9(2).
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) and Emission Reduction Units (ERUs) issued in respect of emission reductions until 31 December 2012 from project types which were accepted by all Member States pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC during the period 2008 to 2012.in accordance with the modalities and procedures adopted for Article 6 and Article 12 under the Kyoto Protocol and subsequent decisions thereunder
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) CERs issued in respect of emission reductions from 1 January 2013 from project types which were registered during the period 2008 to 2012 of which the project type was accepted by all Member States pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC during the period 2008 to 2012accepted in accordance with the modalities and procedures adopted for Article 6 and Article 12 under the Kyoto Protocol and subsequent decisions thereunder.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) CERs issued in respect of emission reductions achieved from projects implemented in Least Developed Countries of which the project type was accepted by all Member States pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC during the period 2008 to 2012were accepted in accordance with the modalities and procedures adopted for Article 6 and Article 12 under the Kyoto Protocol and subsequent decisions thereunder, until those countries have ratified an agreement with the Community or until 2020, whichever is the earlier.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
Adjustments applicable upon the Adjustments applicable upon the approval conclusion of a future international by the Community and the Member States agreement on climate change of a future international agreement on climate change
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6
Article 6
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6a Use of removals by sinks in the absence of a future international agreement on climate change. In the absence of an international agreement on climate change for the period after 2012, Member States may use the removals of greenhouse gas emissions by sinks for the implementation of their obligations under Article 3.