REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC as regards revised benchmark values for the heat and fuel benchmarks for the period from 2026 to 2030

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 13 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1

   Tabled by Jacek Ozdoba · ECR

   Removed: Allowances Added: (-1) in Article 10a, paragraph 1, subparagraph 6 is replaced by the following: "Allowances that are not allocated due to a reduction of free allocation in … with the third and fifth subparagraphs of this paragraph shall be used Removed: to exempt installations from the adjustment in accordance with paragraph 5 of this Article. Where any such allowances remain, 50 % of those allowances shall be made available to support innovation in accordance with paragraph 8 of this Article. The other 50 % of those allowances shall Added: as follows: (a) one third for the purposes of paragraph 2a of this Article; (b) one third to be auctioned in accordance with Article Removed: 10(1) of this Directive and Member States should use the respective revenues to address any residual risk of carbon leakage in the sectors covered by Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/956, supporting the transition and promoting their decarbonisation in accordance with State aid rules. Added: 10 and the revenues generated from the auctioning to be transferred to the Modernisation Fund referred to in Article 10d, with priority being given to support investments aimed at the modernisation and decarbonisation of district heating systems; (c) one third to be transferred to the Innovation Fund referred to in paragraph 8 of this Article.’;"

2. Amendment 14 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1

   Tabled by Stefano Cavedagna · ECR

   Added: 2bb. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, third and fifth subparagraphs, the 20 % reduction of free allocation pursuant to those subparagraphs shall not take into account the update of the heat and fuel benchmark values pursuant to paragraph 2a

3. Amendment 15 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1

   Tabled by Stefano Cavedagna · ECR

   Added: 2ba. For the purposes of the adjustments to the heat and fuel benchmark values provided for in this paragraph, a total of 22 million allowances shall be transferred from the market stability reserve established by Decision (EU) 2015/1814 and made available for free allocation for the period from 2026 to 2030. That quantity shall be additional to, and shall not replace or be deducted from, any other quantities of allowances made available for those adjustments and shall be used in full for that purpose

4. Amendment 17 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Recital 2 a (new)

   Tabled by Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Silvia Sardone, Roman Haider +9 · PfE

   Added: (2a) In order to address the concerns of the Union ceramic industry, which faces significant costs arising from the adjustment of benchmark values within the EU ETS, installations producing ceramic products by firing, in particular roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or porcelain, covered by Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC, shall be exempted from the obligation to surrender allowances under Article 12(3)(a) of Directive 2003/87/EC for the period from 2026 to 2030. This modification is particularly relevant in light of the importance of ceramic manufacturing installations, which directly employ over 200 000 people, and have close ties to their local communities, as well as the fact that these installations account for only around 1 % of industrial emissions covered by the EU ETS.

5. Amendment 18 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1

   Tabled by Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Silvia Sardone, Roman Haider +9 · PfE

   Added: 2aa. By way of derogation from the obligation to surrender allowances pursuant to Article 12(3), point (a), installations producing ceramic products by firing, in particular roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or porcelain, covered by Annex I, shall be exempt from the obligation to surrender allowances for the period from 2026 to 2030. For the year 2027, they shall be allocated additional free allowances corresponding to the number of allowances surrendered in respect of their verified emissions for the year 2026. The additional allowances allocated pursuant to this paragraph shall be deducted from the quantity of allowances that would otherwise be auctioned pursuant to Article 10(1).