Activities of François ALFONSI related to 2021/0200(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2018/842 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement
Amendments (21)
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 ( ‘European Climate Law’), the Union has enshrined into legislation the target of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050. That Regulation also establishes a binding Union domestic reduction commitment of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) of at least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030. That Regulation also lays down an obligation on the Commission to make a legislative proposal, as appropriate, to introduce further intermediary targets, to ensure a swift and irreversible reduction of greenhouse gas emissions over time so as to reach the EU climate neutrality objective by 2050 at the latest and negative emissions thereafter. _________________ 32 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The achievement of the objective of climate-neutrality by 2050 at the latest can be hindered by an excessive divergence in the Member States’ Effort Sharing Targets; in the context of the 2021-2027 period, the programming of Cohesion policy Funds, and namely of the European Regional Development Fund, of the Cohesion Fund, and of the Just Transition Fund should envisage tailored Programmes, priority axis, strategies and territorial plans also aimed at boosting the capacities of Member States in GHG emission reduction and thus at contributing to a better convergence in their targets already in this programming period.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the Union’s economy and its level of emissions to a degree that cannot yet be fully quantified. On the other hand, the Union is deploying its largest stimulus package ever, also having a potential impact on the level of emissions. Due to those uncertainties, it is appropriate to review the emissIt should be ensured that, in the post-pandemic period, emissions do not bounce back to pre- COVID-19 levels, so as not to jeopardise the achievement of the Union's data in 2025 and, if necessary, readjust the annual emission allocationsclimate neutrality objective by 2050 at the latest.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In addition to that flexibility, a limited quantity of net removals and net emissions from land use, land-use change and forestry (‘LULUCF’) may be taken into account for Member States’ compliance under Regulation (EU) 2018/842 (‘the LULUCF flexibility’). In order to ensure that sufficient mitigation efforts are deployed until 2030, it is appropriate to limitend the use of the LULUCF flexibility by separating the use of such flexibility into two separate time periods, each capped by a limit corresponding to half of the maximum amount of total net removals set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2018/842. It is also appropriate to bring the title of Annex III in line with the amendment to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 carried out by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 202037 . As a consequence, there is no longer a need for Regulation (EU) 2018/842 to provide for a legal basis allowing the Commission to adopt delegated acts to amend the title of its Annex III. Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 should therefore be deleted. _________________ 37 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 2020 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the forest reference levels to be applied by the Member States for the period 2021-2025 (OJ L 60, 22.2.2021, p. 21)from 2023 onward.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 1
Article 1
(1) In Article 1, “30%” is replaced by “40%”;Article 1 is replaced by the following: “Subject matter 1. This Regulation contributes to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Union’s objective of balancing greenhouse gas emissions and removals by 2050 at the latest and achieving negative emissions thereafter as set out in Article 2 of Regulation 2021/1119 (EU Climate Law). 2. This Regulation lays down obligations on Member States with respect to their minimum contributions for the period from 2021 to 2030 to fulfilling the Union’s target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % below 2005 levels by 2030 in the sectors covered by Article 2 of this Regulation. 3. This Regulation also paves the way for the setting of post-2030 Union’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in the sectors covered by Article 2 of this Regulation and of Member States’ minimum contributions to the fulfilment of those post-2030 Union’s targets. 4. Finally, this Regulation lays down provisions for the determination of minimum Union-level individual sector contributions to fulfilling the Union’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for 2030 and beyond set by this Regulation, and for ensuring compliance with those minimum sector contributions.”
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
(2a) The following Article 3a is inserted: “Article 3a Compliance of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emission savings criteria For the purpose of this Regulation, only biofuels, bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels which comply with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emission savings criteria established by the Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council can be considered to have zero emissions. If the share of biofuels and bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels consumed in transport, where produced from food and feed crops, is higher than the maximum share established in article 26 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, they shall no longer be considered to have zero emissions for the purpose of this regulation. By January 2024 the Commission shall amend the rules concerning the greenhouse gas emissions determination and reporting requirements enshrined in the Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 pursuant to the first and second subparagraphs.”
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
3 a. (3a) the following Article 4a is inserted: “Member State Commitments and sectoral minimum contributions for the post-2030 period In view of the Union’s climate neutrality target set out in Article 2 (1) of Regulation 2021/1119, the Commission shall also propose by the end of 2025, as appropriate, amendments to this Regulation in order to set Union’s greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets covering the sectors listed in paragraph 1 of Article 2 and individual Member State minimum contributions to fulfilling the Union’s targets, as well as minimum Union-level contributions for each sector listed in paragraph 1 of Article 2 to fulfilling the Union’s targets, for the years 2035, 2040, 2045 and 2050. When making the proposals for the post- 2030 Union and national targets and contributions, the Commission shall take into account the GHG budget as well as the advice of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change referred to in Regulation 2021/1999."
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new) Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new) Regulation (EU) 2018/842
(3) In Article 4, paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following: ‘2. Subject to the flexibilities provided for in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of this Regulation and the adjustment pursuant to its Article 10(2) and taking into account any deduction resulting from the application of Article 7 of Decision No 406/2009/EC, each Member State shall ensure that its greenhouse gas emissions: (a) do not exceed, in the years 2021 and 2022, the limit defined by a linear trajectory, starting on the average of its greenhouse gas emissions during 2016, 2017 and 2018, as set out pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article, and ending in 2030 at the limit set for that Member State in column 1 of Annex I to this Regulation. The linear trajectory of a Member State shall start either at five-twelfths of the distance from 2019 to 2020 or in 2020, whichever results in a lower allocation for that Member State; (b) do not exceed, in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, the limit defined by a linear trajectory starting in 2022 at the annual emission allocation for that Member State, as set out pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article for that year, and ending in 2030 at the limit set for that Member State in column 2 of Annex I to this Regulation; (c) do not exceed, in the years 2026 to 2030, the limit defined by a linear trajectory starting in 2024, at the average of its greenhouse gas emissions during the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, as submitted by the Member State pursuant to Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, and ending in 2030 at the limit set for that Member State in column 2 of Annex I to this Regulation. 3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annual emission allocations for each Member State for the years from 2021 to 2030 in tonnes of CO2 equivalent in accordance with the linear trajectories set out in paragraph 2. For the years 2021 and 2022, it shall determine the annual emission allocations based on a comprehensive review of the most recent national inventory data for the years 2005 and 2016 to 2018 submitted by the Member States pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and indicate the value for the 2005 greenhouse gas emissions of each Member State used to determine those annual emission allocations. For the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, it shall determine the annual emission allocations based on the value for the 2005 greenhouse gas emissions of each Member State indicated pursuant to the second subparagraph and the reviewed values of the national inventory data for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 referred to in the second subparagraph. For the years 2026 to 2030, it shall determine the annual emission allocations based on the value for the 2005 greenhouse gas emissions of each Member State indicated pursuant to the second subparagraph and on a comprehensive review of the most recent national inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 submitted by the Member States pursuant to Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. a) (3) In Article 4, paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 are replaced by the following: "'2. Subject to the flexibilities provided for in Article 5 of this Regulation and the adjustment pursuant to its Article 10(2) and taking into account any deduction resulting from the application of Article 7 of Decision No 406/2009/EC, each Member State shall ensure that its greenhouse gas emissions do not exceed the limit defined by a linear trajectory, starting on the average of its greenhouse gas emissions during 2018, 2019 and 2020, as set out pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article, and ending in 2030. 3. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts setting out the annual emission allocations for each Member State for the years from 2021 to 2030 in tonnes of CO2 equivalent in accordance with the linear trajectories set out in paragraph 2. 4. In order to ensure that sufficient mitigation efforts are deployed equitably across all sectors listed in paragraph 1 of Article 2, by [6 months from the entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt a delegated act setting out the minimum contribution of each of such sectors to the total annual reduction of emissions allocations at EU level for the years from 2021 to 2030 in terms of tonnes ofCO2 equivalent. 5. Those delegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14. 6 new. When setting out the minimum contributions referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, the Commission shall consider: a) its projected 2050 emissions for each of those sectors compatible with the Union’s climate neutrality objective and the objectives of the Paris Agreement; b) Member States’ projections included in their plans, reports and strategies referred to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018; c) the need for a linear reduction of emissions in all sectors to facilitate the cost-effective achievement of the Union’s climate neutrality objective. 7 new. The Commission shall measure progress towards the achievement of these minimal contributions through the assessment of biennial Member State progress reports as defined in Chapter 4, section 1 of Regulation (EU)2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 20181a 8 new. Where, on the basis of its aggregated assessment of Member States’ progress reports, the Commission concludes that the sectors listed in paragraph 1 of Article 2 of this Regulation are at risk of not meeting the minimum contributions set in the delegated act referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, the Commission shall as appropriate propose measures and exercise its powers at Union level to ensure that each sector meets its minimum contribution; 9 new. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on a biennial basis on the progress towards the achievement of the minimum sector contributions." _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council Or. en (Regulation (EU) No 2018/842)
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 2018/842
Article 5
Article 5
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 7
Article 7
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
(5a) In Article 8, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "3. The Commission mayshall issue an public opinion regarding the robustness of the corrective action plans submitted in accordance with paragraph 1 and shall in that case do so within four months of receipt of those plans. The Member State concerned shall take utmost account of the Commission’s opinion and mayshall revise its corrective action plan accordingly." If the Member State concerned does not address a recommendation or a substantial part thereof, that Member State shall provide and make public its reasons." Or. en (Regulation (EU) No 2018/842)
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(5c) In Article 9, paragraph 1, the following point (c) is inserted: “(c) the Commission shall impose an excess emissions premium on that Member State equivalent to the amount in tonnes of CO2 equivalent of the excess greenhouse gas emissions of that Member State in any specific year of the period multiplied by EUR 500”
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. “If the greenhouse gas emissions of a Member State in the period from 2021 to 2025 referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 exceeded its removals, as determined in accordance with Article 12 of that Regulation, the Central Administrator shall deduct from that Member State’s annual emission allocations an amount equal to those excess greenhouse gas ea Member State exceeds its annual emissions allowance in two or more consecutive years it shall undertake a review of its National Energy and Climate Plan and national Long-Term Strategy. This review shall be completed within 12 months. The Commission may issue Recommendations identifying how the Member State’s national energy and climate plan and national long-term strategy should be revised. The Member State shall notify the revised plan to the Commission together with a statement setting out how the proposed revisions will remedy non- compliance with the national AEAs and how they have responded to the Commission’s in tonnes of CO2 equivalent for the relevant years..recommendations where relevant. If the National energy and climate plan or national long-term strategy remains substantially unaltered, the Commission shall, if appropriate, open an infringement procedure.”
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation 2018/842
Annex III
Annex III
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Title
Title
Article 1 a (new) (-1) The tile is replaced by the following "Regulation (EU) 2018/842 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 and beyond contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and Regulation 2021/1119 (EU Climate Law)" Or. en (Regulation (EU) No 2018/842)