CELEX: 51993PC0278
Language: en
Date: 1993-07-06
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION relative to the Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the promotion of renewable energies in the Community - ALTENER Programme (COM/92/180)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVIUNITIES
                                                   COM(93) 278 final
                                                   Brussels,  6 July 1993
                               Amended proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL DECISION
                                    relative to the
                      Proposal for ? Council Decision concerning
                 the promotion of renewable energies in the Community
                            ALTENER Programme COM (92) 180
              (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3)
                                 of the EEC-Treaty)
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                       EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM
During the session of 27 May 1993 of the European Parliament, the
Commission declared itself ready to accept in their entirety amendments
3, 4, 5 and 7 and partially amendments 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 and 16.
 ---pagebreak---                            Amended proposal for a
                               CfflNÇ" DECISION
                                 relative to the
                  Proposal for a Council Decision concerning
             the promotion of renewable energies in the Community.
                        ALTENER Programme COM (92) 180
A.  Amendment accepted
Text proposed by the Commission of             Modifications made by the
    the European Communities                    European Parliament and
                                               accepted by the Commission
                               (Amendment No. 3)
                                Recital 8a (new)
                                           Whereas, economically speaking, there
                                           are now market niches for some
                                           renewable energy sources: whereas the
                                           current lack of competitiveness of
                                           such energy sources is due to the
                                           fact that the current pricing system
                                           dpes Q O £ reflect inter. âiis the
                                           environmental costs of the main
                                           sources    of    conventional   energy
                                           production;
                             (Amendment No. 4)
                             Recital 9a (new)
                                        Whereas, in order to increase the
                                        contribution of renewable energy
                                        sources to future energy supplies,
                                         the governments of the Community
                                        Member States must take action to
                                        rectify     market    distortions   and
                                         substantially     incréa sj? rençwabJ e
                                         energy sourçes_bv overcoming inertia
                                         and removing market and institutionaj,
                                         barriers;
    Minutes of the session of 28 May 1993 (EP 171.255)
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                                         (Amendment No. 5)
                                        Recital 10a (new)
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                                                      energy            sources,        in       Particular
                                                     h i ojnîLSsx        offers      derived         economic.
                                                     â d_Ya_n t a g e s in terms of                j o b s and
                                                      s t a b l e local settlement patterns;_
                                          (Amendment No. 7)
                                Article   1, second p a r a g r a p h    (new)
                                                       W_ith t h i s end i n viewx                 individual
                                                       Member S t a t e s _shan__endea_ypur__,__to
                                                       prepare           a__guinguennial             viability
                                                        programme by 31 December 1993-
B. p a r t i a l Iy__aççepled__ajmindmejvts
                                        (Amendment N o . 10)
                                            Article 3 ( d )
 (d) industrial pilot actions relating                (d) industrial pilot actions relating
      to energy from biomass, and in                          to
      particular         the production of                                                     energy from
      biofuels and biogas and the u s e                       biomass, and in particular the
      of short-rotation coppices and C4                       production of electricity and
      plants.                                                 biogas and the use of short-
                                                              rotation coppices and C4 plants;
                                         (Amendment N o . 11)
                                   Article 3(da) and (db) (new)
                                                       (db)       measures aimed at the adoption
                                                                  of building regulations.XQ.L..Uhe
                                                                  introduction of passive sy.stems
                                                                  and energ y. saving syst ems i_n
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                                                                  c. 1 i m a t i c        c o n d. j t i o n s :
                                                                  M.ed i t e r ra11oaD,        c:on 1i iu?n t a 1 ,
                                                                   i\.!p.i ne. y r A' 1 «ml, i c .
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                              Annex ](c), sole paragraph
The.ju;pd_uç_tic«n.in 2005 of 11 million            In order to achieve this objective,
tonnes of biofuels on an agricultural               efforts will be made to produce 11
area    of   approximately    7 million             million tonnes of biofuels on an
hectares will be necessary in order                 agricultural area of approximately 7
to achieve this objective.                          million hectares by 2005,
                              (Amendments no.14 and 15)
   The concern expressed in these amendments has been taken into account
   in the explanatory memorandum and in the action programme for the
   Community (chapters A and B of doc. COM (92) 180).
                                       (Amendment No. 16)
                          Annex TI ( 7c ) , ( 7d ) , ( 7e ) and ( 7 f ) ," new )
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