CELEX: 51993PC0125
Language: en
Date: 1993-03-22
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION for a monitoring mechanism of Community CO2 and other greenhouse gaz emissions

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                     COM(93) 125 final
                                                     Brussels, 22 March 1993
                                Amended proposal for a
                                   COUNCIL DECISION
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               (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3)
                                  of the EEC-Treaty)
 ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
At its sitting on 12 March 1993, the European Parliament gave its
opinion on a proposal for a Council Decision for a monitoring mechanism
of Community C02 and other greenhouse emission, put forward by the
Commission on 1st June 1992 (1).
The present modified proposal takes account of the amendments requested
by the European Parliament, where the Commission has been able to
accept them.
 In particular, the Commission accepted the amendments proposing greater
transparency in the procedures of the mechanism (amendments n's. 3, 4
and 5 in part, 14. It also accepted amendments 1 and 2 introducing a
reference to the October 29 Conclusions of the Council in articles 1
and 2.
The Commission also accepted amendment n* 15 deleting art. 7.
The Commission did not accept the amendments concerning the technical
procedures for preparing the emissions inventories (7,8,9,10,11,12 and
13). Although the Commission agrees with the thrust of these
amendments, it feels that there Is no need to incorporate them in the
 legal text of this Decision. The Commission already follows these
kinds of methods and procedures in its existing work on emission
 inventories.
The amendments proposing changes in the Committee procedures were not
 accepted either (amendments 16, 17 and 18). The Commission is bound in
 this respect by the terms of Council Decision 87/373/EEC laying down
 the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the
Commission.
 The requirement for determining the cost-effectivemess of different
 strategies between and within different sectors (second part of
 amendment n" 4) and the requirement for differentiation between
 national and international measures (second part of amendment n' 5)
 were not accepted because the definition of consistent boundaries for
 such assessments might prove difficult.
 The restriction of additional measures to Member States (am. N' 6,
 second part) was not accepted because additional actions may also be
 required at Community level. The first part of amendment N" 6 is
 accepted.
 (1)  COM (92) 181
 ---pagebreak---   OR lûtMAL TEXT                          AUENDEO 'TCCT
                                       Article 1
This      Decision      establishes           This     Decision     establishes       a
monitoring mechanism of CCL emissions         monitoring mechanism of C02 emissions
in the Member States, in jrder to             in the Member States, in order to
ensure at        Community   level the        ensure    at   Community      level the
achievement of the stabilization of           achievement of the stabilization of
C02 emissions by the year 2000 at             C02 emissions by the year 2000 at
their 1990 level anr provid; for the          their 1990 l^vei. in qgcoraanee w i t h
progressive       establishment   of    a     the conclusions nf fljft Council on
monitoring      mechanism    fo*    other     EûSESY.—an£ the Environment of 2?
greenhouse gases as policies with             October 199n. and provide for the
regard to these develop.                      progressive     establishment      of - »
                                              monitoring     mechanism     for    other
                                              greenhouse gases as policies with
                                              regard to these develop.
                                     Article 2 (b)
 The stabilization of the total C02            The stabilization of the total CO,
 emissions by 2000 at 1990 levels in           emissions by 2000 at 1990 levels in
 the Community as. a whole.                    the Community as a whole. in the
                                               context of a Community strategy to
                                               this effect, and in accordance with
                                               the conclusions of the Council on
                                               Energy and the Environment of 29
                                               October 1990.
                               Artxcie J, paragraph I (a)
  The Member States shall draw up               The Member States shall draw up an£
  national CO2 emissions programmes,            publish    national    C0 2    ©mission
  including strategies and national CO*         programmes before the end, of V
  emissions objectives for limiting             including strategies and national CG2
  their C0 2 emissions, in order to             emissions objectives for limiting
  C4,iitxibute to the achievement of the        their C0 2 emissions, in order to
  Community C0 2 stabilization target.          contribute to the achievement of the
                                                Community C0 2 stabilization target.
 ---pagebreak---      IGINAL TEXT                          AMENDED TEXT
                              Article 3, paragraph I (c)
The      national     programmes    shall     The      national     programmes    shall
comprise as far as possible:                  comprise as far as possible:
    the use of national instruments           -    the use of national instruments
    and actions aiming at increasing               and actions aiming at increasing
    energy          efficiency        and          energy        efficiency         and
    conservation;                                  conservation ;
    th» use of national instruments            -    thé use of national instruments
    and actions aiming          at fuel            and    actions    aiming   at    fuel
     switching towards low or no-carbon            switching towards low or no-carbon
     containing fuels;                             containing fuels;
     the implementation of possible            -    the implementation of possible
     Community legislation and policy,              Community legislation and policy,
     iv i-i w H ng economic and fiscal              including economic and fiscal
     instruments;                                   instruments;
     an assessment of the economic             -    an aitaaanent. to be made oublie,
     impact of the above measures.                  of the economic impact of the
                                                    above measures -
                                 Article 3, paragraph II
 Member States shall also report on             Member States shall also report on*.
 policies and measures in order to              and make       public.    policies and
 increase the sequestration of C0 ?             measures in order to increase the
 emissions and on actions taken to              sequestration      of C0 2    emissions.,
 limit       the    emissions   of    other    1 and on               actions taken to
 greenhouse gases (apart from C0 2 ), and       J limit    the    emissions    of    other
 evaluate        the   impact   of    these     greenhouse gases (apart from C0 2 ), and
 measures.                                      evaluate      the    impact   of    these
                                                measures.
                                  Article 4, paragraph II
  Depending on the results of the                 Depending on the results of the
   evaluation the Commission may, if              evaluation the Commission shall, if
   necitssary, and with due regard to             necessary, and with due regard to
   burden sharing, make all appropriate           burden sharing, make all appropriate
   proposals for required additional               proposals for required, additional ,
   actions wifch ' s view to ensuring the          actions.[ with a view to ensuring the
   attainment of the Community's C0 2              the attainment of the Community's COg
   stabilization        target    and    the       Stabilization      target    and     th©
   limitatio:* ct£ othesr greenhouse gas           limitation of othssr greenhouse gzm
   easissione. Tiie Cornell shall take a           emissions. The Council shallfcak«Ba
   decision on these proposals by                  decision on those proposals by
   qualified* majority after consulting            qualified majority after consulting
    tlio    European parliament and the            the European Parliament and
    economic and Social Committee.                 Economic and Social Coeuaittee.
 ---pagebreak---   ORIGINAL TEXT                           AMENDED TEXT
                                    Article 5 (e).
The Commission- shall establish within        The Commission shall establish.r and
6 months of recepticn a comp :ehensive        make public. within 6 months Of
report of the data to be transmitted          reception a comprehensive report of
to the Member States.                         the data to be transmitted to the
                                              Member States.
                                      Article 7
The data reporting as described in fiels£e_
Article^ 5. as well as the actions
foreseen under Articles 4 and 6 shall
be integrated as closely as possible
to the review process of national
energy policies, as <fef ine£, in Çguncjl
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