Activities of Anne FERREIRA related to 2008/0013(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system (debate)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Where equivalent measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in particular taxation, are in place for small installations whose emissions do not exceed a threshold of 1025 000 tonnes of CO2 per year, there should be a procedure for enabling Member States to exclude such small installations from the emissions trading system for so long as those measures are applied. This threshold relativelyis the economically most advantageous option, which offers the maximum gain in terms of reduction of administrative costs for each tonne excluded from the system, for reasons of administrative simplicity. As a consequence of the move from five-year allocation periods, and in order to increase certainty and predictability, provisions should be set on the frequency of revision of greenhouse gas emission permits.
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
The Community-wide quantity of allowances issued each year starting in 2013 shall decrease in a linear manner beginning from the mid-point of the period 2008 to 2012. The quantity shall decrease by a linear factor of 1.74% compared to the average annual total quantity of allowances issued by Member States in accordance with the Commission Decisions on their national allocation plans for the period 2008 to 2012. The linear factor shall correspond to meeting a Community wide greenhouse gas emission reduction target of 30% below 1990 by 2020, with the sectors covered by the Community scheme undertaking two-thirds of this emission reduction effort. Verified emissions in 2005 shall be the year from which effort is determined. The Commission shall publish the linear factor by 30 June 2010. Failing conclusion of an international agreement on climate change, leading by 2020 to mandatory greenhouse gas emissions comparable to the reduction levels agreed upon by the European Council, the linear factor shall decrease to correspond with meeting a Community wide greenhouse gas emission reduction target of 20% below 1990 by 2020, with the sectors covered by the Community scheme undertaking two thirds of this emission reduction effort. Verified emissions in 2005 shall be the year from which effort is determined.
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - Point 7
Article 1 - Point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - point a
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - point a
(a) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including by means of national measures in support of energy efficiency and by contributing to the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund, to adapt to the impacts of climate change, taking into account in particular local health care and welfare facilities, and to fund research and development for reducing emissions and adapting, including participation in initiatives within the framework of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan;
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - Point 7
Article 1 - Point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - point b a (new)
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - point b a (new)
(ba) to finance research and development activities focusing on energy efficiency and clean technologies in sectors falling within the scope of this Directive;
Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - Point 7
Article 1 - Point 7
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - point d
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - point d
(d) for measures to avoid deforestation, in particular in Least Developed Countries, both in the EU and in least developed countries, to combat deforestation and promote afforestation and reafforestation, and to encourage forest conservation and the use of timber for constructional or industrial purposes (wood panels, paper pulp, etc.) or as fuelwood by setting up or promoting a value chain for the utilisation of forest timber, encompassed within the broader aims of sustainable forest management and preserving and fostering biodiversity;
Amendment 414 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall, to the extent feasible, ensure that allocation takes place in a manner that gives incentives for greenhouse gas and energy efficient techniques and for reductions in emissions, by taking account of the most efficient techniques, substitutes, alternative production processes, use of biomass and greenhouse gas capture and storage, and shall not give incentives to increase emissions. No free allocation shall be made in respect of any electricity production and oil refineries.
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 2
Article 10a – paragraph 2
2. Subject to paragraph 3, no free allocation shall be given to electricity generators, to oil refineries, to installations for the capture, pipelines for the transport or to storage sites for greenhouse gas emissions.
Amendment 624 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 9
Article 1 - point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a
Article 11a
Use of CERs and only Gold Standard certified CERUs from project activities in the Community scheme before the entry into force of a future international agreement on climate change 1. . Until a future international agreement on climate change has entered into force, and in advance of the application of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 28, paragraphs 2 to 7 of this Articleparagraphs 2 to 6 shall apply. 2. Operators may request the competent authority, to the extent that the levels of CER/ERUonly Gold Standard certified CER use allowed to them by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used up, to issue allowances to them valid from 2013 onwards in exchange for CERs and only Gold Standard certified CERUs issued in respect of emission reductions up until 2012 from project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012. The amount of allowances issued, including allowances issued under paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, may not exceed 50% of the volume of the external credits as referred to above that have not been used up. Until 31 December 2014, the competent authority shall make such an exchange on request. 3. To the extent that the levels of CER/ERUonly Gold Standard certified CER use allowed to operators by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used up, competent authorities shall allow operators to exchange only Gold Standard certified CERs from projects that were established before 2013 issued in respect of emission reductions from 2013 onwards for allowances valid from 2013 onwards. The amount of allowances issued, including allowances issued under paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, may not exceed 50% of the volume of the external credits as referred to above that have not been used up. The first subparagraph shall apply for all project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012. 4. To the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to operators by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used up, competent authorities shall allow operators to exchange only Gold Standard certified CERs issued in respect of emission reductions from 2013 onwards for allowances from new projects started from 2013 onwards in Least Developed Countries. The first subparagraph shall apply to CERs for all project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012, until those countries have ratified an agreement with the Community or until 2020, whichever is the earlier. The amount of allowances issued, including allowances issued under paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, may not exceed 50% of the volume of the external credits as referred to above that have not been used up. 5. To the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to operators by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used up and in the event that the conclusion of an international agreement on climate change is delayed, credits from projects or other emission reducing activities may be used in the Community scheme in accordance with agreements concluded with third countries, specifying levels of use, as long as they are Gold Standard certified. In accordance with such agreements, operators shall be able to use credits from project activities in those third countries, to comply with their obligations under the Community scheme. The amount of allowances issued, including allowances issued under paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, may not exceed 50% of the external credits as referred to above that have not been used up. 6. Any agreements referred to in paragraph 5 shall provide for the use of certified Gold Standard credits in the Community scheme from renewable energy or energy efficiency technologies which promote technological transfer, sustainable development. Any such agreement may also provide for the use of credits from projects where the baseline used is below the level of free allocation under the measures referred to in Article 10a or below the levels required by Community legislation. 7. Once an international agreement on climate change has been reached, only Gold Standard certified CERs from third countries which have ratified that agreement shall be accepted in the Community scheme, at up to 10% of the additional reduction effort under Article 9.
Amendment 727 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 21
Article 1 - point 21
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 27 - paragraph 1
Article 27 - paragraph 1
1. Member States may exclude, from the Community scheme, combustion installations which have a rated thermal input or normal operating capacity below 25 MW, reported emissions to the competent authority of less than 1025 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in each of the preceding 3 years, and which are subject to measures that will achieve an equivalent contribution to emission reductions, if the Member State concerned complies with the following conditions: (a) it notifies the Commission of each such installation, specifying the equivalent measures that are in place, (b) it confirms that monitoring arrangements are in place to assess whether any installation emits 1025 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year; (c) it confirms that if any installation emits 1025 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year or the equivalent measures are no longer in place, the installation will be re-introduced into the system; (d) it publishes the information referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) for public comment.
Amendment 738 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - point 21
Article 1 - point 21
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 28
Article 28
Amendment 783 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex I - point 1
Annex I - point 1
Directive 2003/87/EC
Annex I - point 1
Annex I - point 1
1. Installations or parts of installations used for research, development and testing of new products and processes, installations subject to equivalent emissions reduction measures and utilised for the supplying of health services and educational activities/establishments, and combustion installations exclusively using biomass are not covered by this Directive.
Amendment 788 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex I - point 1
Annex I - point 1
Directive 2003/87/EC
Annex I - point 2
Annex I - point 2
When calculating the total capacity of combustion installations, units with a rated thermal input under 3 MW shall not be taken into account for the purposes of this calculation. Units with a rated thermal input of less than 50 MW which are in operation for no more than 350 hours per year shall not be included for the purposes of this calculation.