3 Amendments of Seán KELLY related to 2019/2156(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to step up capacity support to VPA countries in order to accelerate the implementation of the commitments made, including combatting corruption and greenwashing, enhancing good governance and transparency, and exploring the inclusion of more ambitious sustainable forestry provisions in trade and sustainable development chapters;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EU to more closely cooperate with like-minded importing countries in the fight against deforestation and climate change while safeguarding avenues for legal trade; noting that Indirect Land-use Change (ILUC) can occur when land previously devoted to food or feed production is converted to produce biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels; in that case, food and feed demand still needs to be satisfied, which may lead to the extension of agricultural land into areas with high carbon stock, contributing to global deforestation;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point a (new)
Paragraph 3 – point a (new)
(a) Recalls that the Renewable Energy Directivelimits the contribution to the EU Renewable Energy target of food and feed crops considered to have a high indirect land use change (ILUC) risk, and for which a significant expansion of their feedstock production area into land with high carbon stock is observed; notes that the contribution of these high ILUC-risk biofuels will be reduced to 0% by 2030; considers this to be a vitally important provision which limits negative and unintended impacts of EU's Renewable Energy policy on global deforestation;