Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 41 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

   Tabled by Catarina Martins · The Left

   3. In order to reach the climate neutrality Removed: objective Added: and net-negativity objectives set out in Article 2(1), the Removed: binding Union 2040 climate target shall be a reduction of net Added: Union shall achieve a binding domestic reduction of gross greenhouse gas emissions Removed: (emissions after deduction of removals) by 90 Added: by at least 92 % compared to 1990 levels by Removed: 2040. Added: 2040, equating to a maximum of 419 MtCO2e gross emissions in that year. The contribution to the climate-neutrality target of net removals from the LULUCF sector and permanent carbon removals shall be limited and based on a thorough impact assessment of their sustainable scale-up, taking into account risks, benefits, tradeoffs including with regard to planetary boundaries, and the scientific advice of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change. The projected Union greenhouse gas budget over the period 2020-2050 shall be limited to 27,5 Gt CO2 equivalent. As set out in Article 2, the Union shall achieve net-negativity from 2041 onwards, and set a pathway towards its achievement in its nationally determined contribution.

2. Amendment 42 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

   Tabled by Catarina Martins · The Left

   Removed: (b) the role of domestic permanent removals under the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system within the Union (‘EU ETS’) to compensate for residual emissions from hard to abate sectors; Added: deleted

3. Amendment 43 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

   Tabled by Catarina Martins · The Left

   Removed: (c) enhanced flexibility across sectors, to support the achievement of targets in a cost-effective way; Added: deleted

4. Amendment 44 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

   Tabled by Catarina Martins · The Left

   Added: (ja) climate action as a driver of co-benefits for citizens and their quality of life, including inter alia for health and well-being, job creation, a clean and healthy environment;

5. Amendment 45 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

   Tabled by Catarina Martins · The Left

   Added: (na) the need to fully implement the UAE Consensus agreed at COP28 and transition away from fossil fuels, removing all fossil fuel subsidies and moving towards renewables and energy efficiency;

6. Amendment 48 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Recital 9

   Tabled by Ondřej Knotek, Silvia Sardone, Mathilde Androuët +10 · PfE

   (9) Removed: Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to set a Union-wide climate target for 2040, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, Added: The setting of a 2040 target should be suspended in accordance with Removed: the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective. Added: Article 4 of this Regulation.

7. Amendment 49 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1

   Tabled by Ondřej Knotek, Silvia Sardone, Mathilde Androuët +10 · PfE

   Removed: (1) in Article 1, second paragraph, the following sentence is added: ‘This Regulation also sets out a binding Union target for 2040.;’ Added: deleted

8. Amendment 50 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)

   Tabled by Ondřej Knotek, Silvia Sardone, Mathilde Androuët +10 · PfE

   Added: (1a) The following article is inserted: ‘Article 1 a Suspension of 2040 target setting The Union shall not set or implement any binding climate target for the year 2040. The Commission may, where appropriate, present assessments and scenarios for post-2030 developments without proposing binding intermediate targets prior to 2050.'

9. Amendment 51 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

   Tabled by Ondřej Knotek, Silvia Sardone, Mathilde Androuët +10 · PfE

   3. Removed: In order to reach the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), the Added: The originally foreseen binding Union 2040 climate target shall be Removed: a reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by 90 % compared to 1990 levels by 2040. Added: suspended.

10. Amendment 60 · Draft legislative actRejected

    Recital 6

    Tabled by Anna Zalewska, Kosma Złotowski, Piotr Müller +22 · ECR

    Removed: (6) In light of the 2050 climate-neutrality objective, by 2040 greenhouse gas emissions should be reduced and removals enhanced, to ensure that the net greenhouse gas emissions, that is emissions after deduction of removals, are reduced economy-wide by 90 % by 2040 compared to 1990 levels. Added: deleted

11. Amendment 62 · Draft legislative actRejected

    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1

    Tabled by Anna Zalewska, Kosma Złotowski, Piotr Müller +22 · ECR

    Added: Article 1a (new) Withdrawal of the operation of emissions trading for buildings, road transport and additional sectors The entry into force of the emissions trading for buildings, road transport and additional sectors set out in Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC shall be withdrawn.

12. Amendment 63 · Draft legislative actRejected

    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)

    Tabled by Anna Zalewska, Kosma Złotowski, Piotr Müller +22 · ECR

    Added: (1 a) Article 1b (new) Postponement of the operation of emissions trading for buildings, road transport and additional sectors The operation of emissions trading for buildings, road transport and additional sectors set out in Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC shall be postponed until 2030. The rules set out in Article 30k(2), points (a) to (e), of Directive 2003/87/EC shall apply accordingly. The provisions of Article 10a(8b) of Directive 2003/87/EC shall apply also in 2026.

13. Amendment 64 · Draft legislative actRejected

    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

    Tabled by Anna Zalewska, Kosma Złotowski, Piotr Müller +22 · ECR

    Removed: 3. In order to reach the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), the binding Union 2040 climate target shall be a reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by 90 % compared to 1990 levels by 2040. Added: deleted

14. Amendment 65 · Draft legislative actRejected

    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

    Tabled by Anna Zalewska, Kosma Złotowski, Piotr Müller +18 · ECR

    Added: (a a) the need to strengthen the competitiveness of the Union's economy and to address the issue of high production costs in Europe, which exacerbates the risk of carbon leakage, including through the revision of the Directive 2003/87/EC (EU ETS Directive), which shall aim to ensure continued access to free allowances for the industry, and introduce structural changes to the functioning of the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) to enhance market flexibility; and address the need for the continued and increased Modernisation Fund to support Member States in the energy transition;

15. Amendment 66 · Draft legislative actRejected

    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

    Tabled by Anna Zalewska, Kosma Złotowski, Piotr Müller +22 · ECR

    Added: (h a) the need to ensure food security and the stability of food supply in the Union, in particular through support of European agriculture production to ensure food availability and affordability;

16. Amendment 67 · Draft legislative actRejected

    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

    Tabled by Anna Zalewska, Kosma Złotowski, Piotr Müller +22 · ECR

    Added: (h b) ensure that all new legislation shall be accompanied by a detailed impact assessment to assess its impact on vulnerable and low-income households in order to ensure that it does not exacerbate energy and transport poverty;

17. Amendment 68 · Draft legislative actRejected

    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

    Tabled by Anna Zalewska, Kosma Złotowski, Piotr Müller +22 · ECR

    Added: (n a) the geopolitical situation, including the defence challenges of the Union and the needs of the military forces of its Member States and their defence industries;