14 Amendments of Robert GOEBBELS related to 2008/0016(COD)
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Renewable Energy Roadmap demonstrated that a 20% target for the overall share of energy from renewable sources and a 10% target for renewable energy in transport would be appropriate and achievable objectives, and that a framework that includes mandatory targets should provide the business community with the long term stability it needs to make rational investment decisions in the renewable energy sector. Investments in low CO2 energy sources should also be encouraged.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Member States' starting points, renewable energy potentials and energy mixes vary. It is therefore necessary to translate the overall 20% target into individual targets for each Member State, with due regard to a fair and adequate allocation taking account of different national starting points and potentials, including the existing level of renewable energies and energy mix. It is appropriate to do this by sharing the required total increase in the use of energy from renewable sources between Member States on the basis of an equal increase in each Member State's share weighted by their Gross DomesticNational Product, modulated to reflect national starting points, and by accounting in terms of final energy consumption..
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) By contrast, it is appropriate for the 10% target for renewable energy in transport to be set at the same level for each Member State in order to ensure consistency in transport fuel specifications and availability. Because transport fuels are traded easily, Member States with low endowments of the relevant resources will easily be able to obtain renewable transport fuels from elsewhere. While it would technically be possible for the Community to meet its biofuel target solely from domestic production, it is both likely and desirable that the target will in fact be met through a combination of domestic production and imports. To this end, the Commission should monitor the supply of the Community market for biofuels, and should, as appropriate, propose relevant measures to achieve a balanced approach between domestic production and imports, taking into account the development of multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations as well as environmental, social, cost, energy security and other considerations.
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) A coordinated approach is needed to develop training and appropriate certification should be made available to small scale renewable energy equipment installers in order to avoid market distortions and to ensure high quality products and service provision for consumers. National certification schemes should be mutually recognised by Member States and should therefore be based on minimum harmonised principles, taking into account European technology standards, and existing training and qualification regimes for renewable energy equipment installers. Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications should continue to apply to issues not governed by this Directive, such as the recognition of professional qualifications of installers notgovern the recognition of professional qualifications for regulated professions. In so far as entering or exercising the profession of installer is regulated, the preconditions for recognition of professional qualifications are laid down in Directive 2005/36/EC; these preconditions should also apply to installers certified in onea Member State.
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets mandatory targets for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in energy consumption and for the share of energy from renewable sources in transport. It lays down rules relating to guarantees of origin, administrative procedures and electricity grid connections in relation to energy from renewable sources. It establishes environmental sustainability criteria for biofuels and other bioliquids. It is based on the definitions laid down in Directive 2003/30/EC.
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Member States may apply to the Commission for account to be taken, for the purposes of paragraph 1, of the construction of renewable energy plants with very long lead-times on their territory under the following, on conditions: (a) that construction of the renewable energy plant must havehas started by 2016; (b) the renewable energy plant must have a production capacity equal to or in excess of 5000 MW; (c) it must not be possible for the plant to become operational by 2020; (d) it must be possible for the plant to become operational by 2022.9;
Amendment 517 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6a For the achievement of national targets, biofuel certificates coming from a Member State with whom another Member State has signed a bilateral agreement will be taken into account. Those biofuel certificates shall be cancelled in the acquisition country. The greenhouse gas emission savings linked to the biofuel certificates shall be counted in the acquisition country.
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States whose share of energy from renewable sources equalled or exceeded the indicative trajectory in Part B of Annex I in the immediately preceding two-year period may request the competent bodies designated in accordance with Article 7 to transfer the guarantees of origin submitted for cancellation under Article 8(1) to another Member State. Such guarantees of origin shall immediately be cancelled by the competent body in the receiving Member State.
Amendment 712 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall develop certensure that certification schemes or equivalent qualification schemes for installers of small-scale biomass boilers and stoves, solar photovoltaic and solar thermal systems and heat pumps. Those are available. The certification schemes shall be based on the criteria laid down in Annex IV. Each Member State shall recognise certification awarded by other Member States in accordance with these criteria; this shall not affect Directive 2005/36/EC.
Amendment 718 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall develop certification schemes for installers of small-scale biomass boilers and stoves, solar photovoltaic and solar thermal systems and heat pump, including heat pumps and geothermal systems. Those schemes shall be based on the criteria laid down in Annex IV. Each Member State shall recognise certification awarded by other Member States in accordance with these criteria.
Amendment 761 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Where appropriate, Member States may require transmission system operators and distribution system operators to bear, in full or in part, the costs referred to in paragraph 3. Member States may also require these operators to bear, fully or in part, the cost of supplying energy to individuals with an income lower than their national poverty threshold. Member States shall review and take the necessary measures to improve the frameworks and rules for bearing and sharing of costs referred to in paragraph 3 by 30 June 2011 at the latest and every two years thereafter to ensure the integration of new producers as referred to in that paragraph.
Amendment 862 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall not refuse to take into account, for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1, biofuel and other bioliquids obtained in compliance with this Article, on other grounds of sustainability. Nor shall Member States refuse to use biomass produced by genetic engineering.
Amendment 970 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18a Barriers to national target achievement Where a Member State considers that, due to 1) insufficient availability of sustainable biofuel or guarantees of origin on the market or 2) any administrative or legal obstacle that is not from its responsibility, it is under the impossibility to meet the share of energy from renewable sources in final consumption of energy in 2020 set out in the third column of the table in Annex 1, it shall inform the Commission as soon as possible. The Commission shall adopt a decision on whether these aforementioned barriers have been demonstrated, in which case it shall decide what adjustment shall be made to the Member State's final consumption of energy from renewable sources for the year 2020.
Amendment 1038 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – introductory phrase
Annex IV – introductory phrase
The criteria referred to in Article 13(3) shall be as followsfollowing criteria shall apply solely to certification schemes under Article 13(3):