30 Amendments of Jolanta Emilia HIBNER related to 2013/0130(COD)
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Decision No xxx of the European Parliament and of the Council of xxx 2013 laying down the Seventh Community Environment Action Programme1 provides that sound information on the key trends, pressures and drivers for environmental change is essential for the development of effective policy, its implementation, and the empowerment of citizens more generally. Instruments should be developed with a view to enhancing public awareness of the environmental effects of economic activity. __________________ 1It is important that the data are made available in a comprehensible and accessible form and published together with conventional economic data, such as GDP. __________________ 1 OJ L xxx. OJ L xxx.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) These three new modules contribute directly to the Union's policy priorities of green growth and resource efficiency by providing important information on indicators such as market output and employment in the EGSS, national envirionmental protection expenditure and the use of energy in a detailedn NACE breakdown.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Annexes V and VI, implementing powers should be conferred to the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers. Those implementing acts shall be adopted according to the examination procedure.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Article 2 – point 5
Article 2 – point 5
5) ‘environmental goods and services sector’ means those production activities of a national economy that generate environmental products (environmental goods and services). Environmental products are products that have been produced for the purpose of environmental protection (as defined above) and resource management. Resource management includes the preservation, maintenance and enhancement of the stock of natural resources and hence safeguarding against depletion;
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 (new)
2 a). 4. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Annexes V and VI by 31 December 2014, the Commission shall establish, by means of implementing acts, an indicative list of environmental goods and services and a list of energy products on the basis of the lists set out in Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics. The Commission shall update these lists when appropriate. These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11. They should not place significant additional burdens on the Member States and respondents. When creating and regularly updating the aforementioned lists, the Commission shall duly justify its actions, utilising, when necessary, the assistance of appropriate experts in cost-effectiveness analyses, which would include an assessment of the burden on respondents and of production costs.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex IV – section 1 – paragraph 1
Annex IV – section 1 – paragraph 1
Environmental protection expenditure accounts present data, in a way that is fully compatible with the data reported under ESA, on the expenditure for environmental protection, i.e. the economic resources devoted by resident units to environmental protection. The accounts allow compiling the national expenditure for environmental protection (EP) which is defined as the sum of uses of EP services by resident units, gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) for EP activities, and transfers for EP which are not a counterpart of previous items, less financing by the rest of the world.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex IV – section 3 – fourth indent
Annex IV – section 3 – fourth indent
– Value-added tax (VAT) and other taxes less subsidies on products on environmental protection services,
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex IV – section 4 – point 3
Annex IV – section 4 – point 3
In order to meet user needs for complete and timely datasets, the Commission (Eurostat) shall produce, as soon as sufficient country data becomes available, estimates for the EU-278 totals for the main aggregates of this module. The Commission (Eurostat) shall, wherever possible, produce and publish estimates for data that have not been transmitted by Member States within the deadline specified in point 2.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex IV – section 4 – point 5
Annex IV – section 4 – point 5
The first reference year is the year in which this Regulationfollowing the year of entersry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex IV – section 4 – point 5
Annex IV – section 4 – point 5
In the first data transmission, Member States shall include annual data from 20134 to the first reference year.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2001 (WE)
Annex – section 4 – point 6
Annex – section 4 – point 6
In each subsequent data transmission to the Commission, Member States shall provide annual data for the years n-3, n-2, n-1 and n, where n is the reference year. Member States may provide available data for years preceding the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2001 (WE)
Annex IV – section 5 – point 1
Annex IV – section 5 – point 1
For general government non-market activities and for environmental protection transfers:
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex V – section 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Annex V – section 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Accounts for environmental goods and services should be drawn up using existing information drawn from national accounts, structural business statistics, business registers and other sources.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex V – section 4 – point 3
Annex V – section 4 – point 3
3. In order to meet user needs for complete and timely datasets, the Commission (Eurostat) shall produce, as soon as sufficient country data becomes available, estimates for the EU-278 totals for the main aggregates of this module. The Commission (Eurostat) shall, wherever possible, produce and publish estimates for data that have not been transmitted by Member States within the deadline specified in point 2.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex V – section 4 – point 5
Annex V – section 4 – point 5
5. The first reference year is the year in which this Regulationfollowing the year of entersry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex V – section 4 – point 5
Annex V – section 4 – point 5
5. In the first data transmission, Member States shall include annual data from 20134 to the first reference year.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex V – section 4 – point 6
Annex V – section 4 – point 6
6. In each subsequent data transmission to the Commission, Member States shall provide annual data for the years n-3, n-2, n-1 and n, where n is the reference year. Member States may provide available data for years preceding the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex VI – section 1
Annex VI – section 1
Physical energy flow accounts present data on the physical flows of energy expressed in terajoules in a way that is fully compatible with the concepts, principles, and data reported under the European System of Accounts (ESA). They record energy data in relation to the economic activities of resident units of national economies in a breakdown by economic activity. They present the supply and use of natural energy inputs, energy products and energy residuals. Economic activities comprise production, consumption, and accumulation. This annex sets out the data on physical energy flow accounts to be collected, compiled, transmitted and evaluated by the Member States.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex VI – section 4 – point 2
Annex VI – section 4 – point 2
2. Statistics shall be transmitted within 218 months of the end of the reference year.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex VI – section 4 – point 3
Annex VI – section 4 – point 3
3. In order to meet user needs for complete and timely datasets, the Commission (Eurostat) shall produce, as soon as sufficient country data becomes available, estimates for the EU-278 totals for the main aggregates of this module. The Commission (Eurostat) shall, wherever possible, produce and publish estimates for data that have not been transmitted by Member States within the deadline specified in point 2.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex VI – section 4 – point 4
Annex VI – section 4 – point 4
4. The first reference year is the year in which this Regulationfollowing the year of entersry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex VI – section 4 – point 5
Annex VI – section 4 – point 5
5. In the first data transmission, Member States shall include annual data from 20134 to the first reference year.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex VI – section 4 – point 6
Annex VI – section 4 – point 6
6. In each subsequent data transmission to the Commission, Member States shall provide annual data for the years n-3, n-2, n-1 and n, where n is the reference year. Member States may provide available data for years preceding the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex VI – section 5 – point 1 – introductory part
Annex VI – section 5 – point 1 – introductory part
1. For the characteristics referred to in Section 3, the following data shall be reported in physical units:
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex VI – section 5 – point 1 – first indent
Annex VI – section 5 – point 1 – first indent
– Supply table for energy flows in physical units. This table records the supply of natural energy inputs, energy products, and energy residuals (row-wise) by origin, i.e. ‘supplier’ (column-wise).
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex VI – section 5 – point 1 – fourth indent
Annex VI – section 5 – point 1 – fourth indent
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex VI – section 5 – point 1 – fifth indent
Annex VI – section 5 – point 1 – fifth indent
– Bridge table showing the various elements which make up the difference between the key energy indicator ‘total energy use by resident units’ and the common key energy indicator as presented by European energy statistics ‘gross inland energy consumption’energy accounts and energy balances.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex VI – section 5 – point 3 – first indent
Annex VI – section 5 – point 3 – first indent
– ‘Production’ relates to the production of goods and services. Production activities are classified according to NACE Rev. 2 and data is reported in A*640 aggregation level.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
– Energy products are grouped according to the classification of products by activity (CPA) and the classification used in European energy statistics.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation 691/2011 (WE)
Annex VI – section 5 – point 6
Annex VI – section 5 – point 6
6. The ‘bridge’ from the residence principle indicator to the territory based indicator is presented for the entire national economy (no breakdown by industries) and is obtained as follows: total energy use by resident units – energy use by resident units abroad + energy use by non-residents on the territory + statistical differences = gross inland energy consumption (territory based)