14 Amendments of Kathleen VAN BREMPT related to 2012/0288(COD)
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7a – paragraph 2 – last subparagraph (new)
Article 7a – paragraph 2 – last subparagraph (new)
(-a) In paragraph 2, the following subparagraph is inserted after point c: "For purposes of compliance with the target referred to in Directive 98/70/EC, Article 7a, subparagraphs (a) and (b), Member States shall ensure that the maximum joint contribution made by suppliers from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars, oil crops and other energy crops grown on land shall be no more than the energy quantity corresponding to the maximum contribution set out in Article 3(4)(d) of Directive 2009/28/EC."
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7a – paragraph 6
Article 7a – paragraph 6
6. Fuel suppliers shall by 31 March each year report to the authority designated by the Member State, the biofuel production pathways, volumes, and the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy, including the estimated indirect land-use change emissions set out in Annex V Member States shall report these data to the Commission. In addition the fuel suppliers are obliged to report to the authority designated by the Member State on progress made towards reaching the mandatory target of 3% of the target of 10 % share of energy from renewable sources in each Member State's transport energy consumption by 2020. The suppliers shall document that the biofuels are produced from feedstocks listed in Part A of Annex IX and renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin. Member States shall report these data to the Commission.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be at least 60 % for biofuels produced in installations starting operation after 1st July 2014. An installation is “in operation” if the physical production of biofuels has taken place.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 7b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In the case of installations that were in operation on or before 31st JulyDecember 2014 3, for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1, biofuels shall achieve a greenhouse gas emission saving of at least 345% until 31 December 2017 and at least 560% from 1 January 2018 onward.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7b – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 7b – paragraph 5 a (new)
(ba) the following paragraph 5a is inserted: "5a. Biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made from raw material produced through sustainable land management practices that maintain or increase carbon stock of ecosystems, safeguard biodiversity and protect soil fertility and soil organic carbon; avoid soil erosion, promote conservation of water resources and have minimal impacts on water availability, quality, nutrient and mineral balances."
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The production of biofuels should not undermine the land rights of local and indigenous communities. Therefore special measures need to be introduced by the Union in the sustainability criteria to protect the land rights of these communities.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(ca) paragraph 4a is added: "(4a) For the achievement of the target set in paragraph 4 of this Article, each Member State shall reduce energy use by at least 15 % compared to that of road transport in 2008. Each Member State shall publish and notify to the Commission, one year following adoption by [one year after the date on which this Directive enters into force], a forecast document inducating the measures and actions to be taken to comply with this paragraph."
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
(ca) the following paragraph 4a is added: "(4a) Member States may meet, in whole or in part, their share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars, oil crops and other energy crops grown on land through increases in non-biomass renewable energy from wind, solar, geothermal or tidal, if additional to projections contained in their national renewable energy action plans notified under Article 4(2)."
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point e
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
Directive 98/70/EC
Article 7b – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7b – paragraph 2 a (new)
(aa) the following paragraph 2a is inserted: "2a. Biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made from raw material produced through sustainable land management practices that maintain or increase carbon stock of ecosystems, safeguard biodiversity and protect soil fertility and soil organic carbon; avoid soil erosion, promote conservation of water resources and have minimal impacts on water availability, quality, nutrient and mineral balances."
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 5 – point a
Article 2 – point 5 – point a
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be at least 60 % for biofuels and bioliquids produced in installations starting operation after 1st July 2014. An installation is “in operation” if the physical production of biofuels or bioliquids has taken place.
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 5 – point a
Article 2 – point 5 – point a
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In the case of installations that were in operation on or before 31st of JulyDecember 20143, for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1, biofuels and bioliquids shall achieve a greenhouse gas emission saving of at least 345% until 31 December 2017 and at least 560% from 1 January 2018 onward.
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(ba) the following paragraph 5a is inserted: "5a. Raw materials used for biofuels and bioliquids for the purposes of paragraph 1 shall be produced through sustainable land management practices that maintain the growth of carbon stock of ecosystems, safeguard biodiversity, protect soil fertility and soil organic carbon, avoid soil erosion, and promote conservation of water quality, nutrient levels and mineral balances."
Amendment 424 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Directive 2009/28/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(ba) the following paragraph 5a is added: "5a. Raw materials used for biofuels and bioliquids for the purposes of paragraph 1 shall be produced through sustainable land management practices that maintain the growth of carbon stock of ecosystems, safeguard biodiversity, protect soil fertility and soil organic carbon, avoid soil erosion, and promote conservation of water quality, nutrient levels and mineral balances."