7 Amendments of Zigmantas BALČYTIS related to 2016/0230(COD)
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) This regulation should contribute to the transformation towards a low- carbon economy and to achieving the goals set in the Paris Agreement, in coherence with the EU Emissions Trading System and the Effort Sharing Decision.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The LULUCF sector can contribute to climate change mitigation in several ways, in particular by reducing emissions, and maintaining and enhancing sinks and carbon stocks, and providing bio-materials that can act as temporary carbon stores and carbon substitutes, replacing fossil based materials and fuels. In order for measures aiming in particular at increasing carbon sequestration to be effective, the sustainable forest management and long- term stability and adaptability of carbon pools is essential.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) harvested wood products.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. By derogation from the requirement to apply the default value established in Article 5(3), a Member State may transition cropland, grassland, wetland, settlements and other land from the category of such land converted to forest land to the category of forest land remaining forest land after 30 years from the date of conversion. Any decision to grant this derogation must be based on the IPCC guidelines;
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The national forestry accounting planreport shall contain all the elements listed in Annex IV, section B and include a proposed new forest reference level based on the continuation of currentactive, sustainable forest management practice and intensity, as documented between 1990-2009 per forest type and per age class in national forests,up to the year 2017 expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point e
Annex IV – part A – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) Reference levels should take into account the objective of contributing to the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources, as set out in the EU Forest Strategy, Member States' national forest policies, and the EU Biodiversity Strategy and the EU Bioeconomy Strategy;