Activities of Maria da Graça CARVALHO related to 2022/0164(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans (debate)
Amendments (22)
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) The phasing out of the dependency on Russian fossil fuel imports should lead to a reduction of the overall energy dependency of the European Union ; in line with the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the REPowerEU chapters of the RRF should contribute to increase and strengthen the strategic autonomy of the Union, by enabling the Union to increase its own energy production.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3 b) Reducing the Union’s dependency on fossil fuels imports should never lead to an increase of its dependency on raw materials imports from third countries.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) REPowerEU should reduce our dependency on primary critical raw materials, strengthen domestic sourcing of raw materials in the EU and diversify sourcing from third countries.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The REPowerEU chapter should include new reforms and investments contributing to the REPowerEU aims. Furthermore, that chapter should contain an outline of other measures, financed from sources other than the Recovery and Resilience Facility, contributing to the energy-related objectives outlined in recital (3). The outline should cover measures whose implementation should take place between 1 February 2022 to 31 December 2026, the period during which the objectives set by this Regulation are to be achieved. As regards natural gas infrastructure, the investments and reforms of the REPowerEU chapters to diversify supply away from Russia should build on the needs currently identified through the assessment conducted and agreed by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG), established in the spirit of solidarity as regards security of supply and take into account the reinforced preparedness measures, including gas storage, taken to adapt to new geopolitical threats. Finally, the REPowerEU chapters should provide an explanation and a quantification of the effects of the combination of the reforms and investments financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the other measures financed by other sources than the Recovery and Resilience Facility.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) An appropriate and technologically neutral assessment criterion should be added to serve as a basis for the Commission to assess reforms and investments included in the REPowerEU chapter sand to ensure that reforms and investments are fit for achieving the specific REPowerEU-related objectives, with a special focus on electricity production and gas storage capacities. An A rating should be required under this new assessment criterion for the relevant recovery and resilience plan to be positively assessed by the Commission.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Investments in infrastructure and technologies alone are not sufficient to ensure a reduction of dependency from fossil fuels. Resources should be dedicated to the reskilling and upskilling of people, to further equip the workforce with green skillsThe current crisis reveals the critical needs of qualified professionals in energy sectors. Resources should be dedicated to the reskilling and upskilling of people. Jobs and training related to electricity production, transport and distribution should benefit from increased support. This is in line with the objective of the European Social Fund Plus, which aims at supporting Member States in achieving a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work. In light of this, resources transferred from the European Social Fund Plus should help support measures for the reskilling and upskilling of the workforce. The Commission will assess whether the measures included in the REPowerEU chapters significantly contribute to supporting a requalification of the workforce towards green skills.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The recovery and resilience plan, including the REPowerEU chapter, should contribute to effectively addressing all or a significant subset of the challenges identified in the relevant country-specific recommendations, taking into account the specificities of the energy mix of each Member State, including the country- specific recommendations to be adopted under the 2022 Semester cycle which refer inter alia to the energy challenges that Member States are facing.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The application of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle is essential to ensure that the investments and reforms undertaken as part of the recovery from the pandemic are implemented in a sustainable manner. It should continue to apply to the reforms and investments supported by the Facility, with one targeted exemption to safeguard the EU’ immediate energy security concerns. Considering the objective of diversifying energy supplies away from Russian suppliers and reducing the overall energy dependency of the European Union, the reforms and investments set out in those REPowerEU chapters which aim to improve energy infrastructure and facilities to meet immediate security of supply needs for oil and gas should temporarily not be required to comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ and should therefore be exempted from such assessment.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. In line with the six pillars referred in Article 3 of this Regulation, the coherence and synergies they generate, and in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, the general objective of the Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience, crisis preparedness, adjustment capacity and growth potential of the Member States, by mitigating the social and economic impact of that crisis, in particular on women, by contributing to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, by supporting the green transition, by contributing to the achievement of the Union’s 2030 climate targets set out in point (11) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999,and by complying with the objective of EU climate neutrality by 2050 and of the digital transition, by increasing the resilience of the Union energy system through a decrease of dependence on fossil fuels and, diversification of energy supplies, increase of electricity production and energy storage capacities at Union level (‘REPowerEU objectives’) thereby contributing to the upward economic and social convergence, restoring and promoting sustainable growth and the integration of the economies of the Union, fostering high quality employment creation, and contributing to the strategic autonomy of the Union alongside an open economy and generating European added value.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – point da
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – point da
(da) whether the reforms and investments referred to in Article 21c(1) effectively contribute towards energy security, security of supply, the diversification of the Union’s energy supply or, reduction of dependence on fossil fuels, increase of electricity production and energy storage capacities before 2030. ;
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – point da
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – point da
(da) whether the reforms and investments referred to in Article 21c(1) effectively contribute towards the diversification of the Union’s energy supply or reduction of dependence on fossil fuels before 2030. and towards the EU's climate neutrality objective;
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Article 21a – paragraph 1
Article 21a – paragraph 1
(1) EUR 20 000 000 000 in current prices shall be available, in line with Article 10e(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC, for implementation under this Regulation to increase the resilience of the Union energy system through a decrease of dependence on fossil fuels and, diversification of energy supplies, increase of electricity production and energy storage capacities at Union level. That amount shall be made available in the form of external assigned revenue within the meaning of Article 21(5) of the Financial Regulation.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Article 21c – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 21c – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) reducing global dependency to fossil fuels and to overall energy imports at Union level,
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Article 21c – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 21c – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(a b) boosting low-carbon energy sources production within the Union,
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Article 21c – paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
Article 21c – paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
(a c) increasing energy storage capacities in the Union,
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Article 21c – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 21c – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) boosting energy efficiency in buildings, decarbonising industry, increasing production and uptake of sustainable biomethane and renewable or fossil-free and low-carbon hydrogen and increasing the share of renewable and low- carbon energy,
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Article 21c – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 21c – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) supporting the objectives in points (a), (b) and (c) through an accelerated requalification of the workforce towards green skillsenergy sector, with a special focus on low carbon or carbon-free electricity production, as well as support of the value chains in key materials and technologies linked to the green transidecarbonisation of energy production.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Article 21c – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 21c – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) an explanation on how the combination of the measures referred to in paragraph 1 and points (a) and (b) of this paragraph is coherent, effective and expected to contribute to the REPowerEU objectives, including a quantification of the energy savingsproduction and savings, and contribution to energy storage.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Annex V – section 2 – point 2.12 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1
Annex V – section 2 – point 2.12 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1
— the implementation of the envisaged measures is expected to significantly contribute to the improvement of energy infrastructure and facilities to meet immediate security of supply needs for oil and gas, notably to enable diversification of supply, reduction of dependency to fossil fuels and to all overall energy imports, in the interest of the Union as a whole,
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Annex V – section 2 – point 2.12 – subparagraph 2 – indent 2
Annex V – section 2 – point 2.12 – subparagraph 2 – indent 2
— the implementation of the envisaged measures is expected to significantly contribute to boosting energy efficiency in buildings, decarbonising industry, increasing production and uptake of low-carbon or carbon-free electricity, sustainable biomethane and renewable or fossil free and low-carbon hydrogen and increasing the share of renewable and low- carbon energy,
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Annex V – section 2 – point 2.12 – subparagraph 2 – indent 3
Annex V – section 2 – point 2.12 – subparagraph 2 – indent 3
— the implementation of the envisaged measures is expected to address energy infrastructure bottlenecks, in particular by constructing cross-border links with other Member States, or supports zero- and low emission transport and its infrastructure, including railways,
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Annex V – section 2 – point 2.12 – subparagraph 2 – indent 4
Annex V – section 2 – point 2.12 – subparagraph 2 – indent 4
— the implementation of the envisaged measures is expected to significantly contribute to supporting a requalification of the workforce towards green skillenergy sectors, as well as supporting value chains in key materials and technologies linked to the green transidecarbonisation of energy production,