9 Amendments of Yannick JADOT related to 2010/2105(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that successful implementation of the 20/30-20-20 targets requires substantial financial commitment and new ways of supplementing existing financing for initiatives tackling climate change and energy challenges; encourages efforts by the Commission and Member States to find innovative means of financing through a shift towards basing taxation systems to be based on carbon emissions as this would create both revenues for the budgetary authorities and climate-friendly incentives to consumers and industry;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the already existing divergent forms of carbon tax that already exist in some Member States, implemented to stimulate innovation and resource efficiency, and warns against the risk they pose to competitivenesson in the Single Market and interference with the EU ETS; believes in the greater benefit of introducing carbon taxation in a coordinated manner; calls on the Commission to further examine possible instruments for coordinating carbon taxation for non-ETS sectors at EU level; calls on Member States to implement and introduce national carbon taxes, which should be complemented by EU legislation minimum rates;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the Commission to revise the Energy Taxation Directive and introduce a carbon content in addition to a reformed energy content; considers in particular that taxation should be based on the fuels' energy content, that the minimum tax rate should be the same for all energy sources for the same usage, and that compensation mechanisms should replace all exemptions;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that any innovative form of EU- coordinated climate change taxation should have its revenues earmarked for financing R&D and measures aimed at reducing carbon emissions, stimulating energy efficiency and improving energy infrastructure in the EU and in developing countries;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the undertaking given by the Member States to earmark at least 50% of revenue from carbon dioxide emission auctioning under the EU ETS for measures to combat climate change, particularly in the developing countries; in this connection, expresses concern at the massive allocation of free quotas, given the findings of recent studies to the effect that this can generate large unearned profit for certain undertakings and does nothing to prevent beneficiaries from relocating all or part of their production capacity;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges Member States not to adopt unilateral measuresTakes note of the concerns that unilateral measures to combat climate change may affecting the competitiveness of European industries; points out, however, that, according to the Commission (COM(2010)0265), few industrial sectors are particularly vulnerable to carbon leakage and considers that identifying these requires a detailed sectoral analysis; considers also that the economic use of resources and innovation in green technologies are of major importance in terms of competitiveness.
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that border adjustment measures make it possible to subject European and imported products to the same and potentially high carbon constraint; considers that this instrument only has any real merit and legitimacy for the limited number of sectors genuinely sensitive to carbon leakage and only then if it is coupled with the auctioning of allowances, this being essential for acceptance by partner countries and for compatibility with WTO rules;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Welcomes the commitment of the G20 to phase out fossil energy subsidies and considers that such a measure could generate contains major funding potential; calls on the EU to take the lead at international level in this respect and calls on the Commission to propose without delay a timetable for the phasing out of subsidies in the EU, bearing in mind that such a process must include the introduction of social and industrial flanking measures;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls for the climate cost of international transport to be internalised in its price, either through taxation or quota trading schemes that charge fees, and for the proceeds to be used for measures to combat climate change especially in developing countries; welcomes the forthcoming inclusion of the aviation sector in the EU ETS and awaits a similar initiative from the Commission regarding the maritime transport sector in 2011, with effect from 2013, should it prove impossible to implement international arrangements by that date;