European Parliament : Amendments 294-295 - Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (recast) - A8-0392/2017(294-295)

10.1.2018

Amendment 294

A8-0392/294

Giovanni La Via, Seán Kelly, Marijana Petir, Paolo De Castro, Michel Dantin, Pilar Ayuso, Karl-Heinz Florenz, Massimiliano Salini, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Herbert Dorfmann, Jens Gieseke, Peter Jahr, Alain Lamassoure, Jérôme Lavrilleux, Christofer Fjellner, Birgit Collin-Langen, Elisabetta Gardini, Sabine Verheyen, Krzysztof Hetman, Andreas Schwab, Janusz Lewandowski, Tomáš Zdechovský, Mairead McGuinness, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Jarosław Wałęsa, Werner Kuhn, Gabriel Mato, Lara Comi, Aldo Patriciello, Alessandra Mussolini, Andrey Kovatchev, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Roberta Metsola, Reimer Böge, Angélique Delahaye, Albert Deß, David Casa, Ivo Belet, José Manuel Fernandes, Werner Langen, Salvatore Domenico PoglieseReport

José Blanco López

Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources COM(2016)0767 - C8-0500/2016 - 2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 - paragraph 2 - point q

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

A8-0392/2017

(q) 'non-food cellulosic material' means feedstocks mainly composed of cellulose and hemicellulose, and having a lower lignin content than ligno-cellulosic material; it includes food and feed crop residues (such as straw, stover, husks and shells), grassy energy crops with a low starch content (such as ryegrass, switchgrass, miscanthus, giant cane and cover crops before and after main crops), industrial residues (including from food and feed crops after vegetal oils, sugars, starches and protein have been extracted), and material from biowaste;

(q) 'non-food cellulosic material' means feedstocks partly composed of cellulose and hemicellulose, and having a lower lignin content than ligno-cellulosic material; it includes food and feed crop residues (such as straw, stover, husks and shells), grassy energy crops with a low starch content (such as ryegrass, switchgrass, miscanthus, giant cane) and cover crops before and after main crops, industrial residues (including from food and feed crops after vegetal oils, sugars, starches and protein have been extracted), and material from biowaste';

Or. en

Justification

As long as there is no change to food production and no additional land use (neither direct nor indirect), when farmers introduce an additional second harvest for energy purposes, they should have the possibility to innovate into secondary crops with every starch content for energy use. Cover crops are already recognised in Directive 2015/1513 as eligible feedstock

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for advanced biofuels, but limited to "low starch content", which constraints cover crop mix choice. This Directive should encourage the use of every kind of cover crop, rather than trying to restrict it, as this can increase GHG emission savings and profitability for farmers. A 2016 study of ECOFYS shows several of the benefits of sequential cropping for biogas production. Agriculture must be part of the Climate solution and this legislation should give farmers the necessary tools for fighting climate change whilst guarantying food safety.

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10.1.2018

Amendment 295

A8-0392/295

Giovanni La Via, Seán Kelly, Marijana Petir, Paolo De Castro, Michel Dantin, Pilar Ayuso, Karl-Heinz Florenz, Massimiliano Salini, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Herbert Dorfmann, Jens Gieseke, Peter Jahr, Alain Lamassoure, Jérôme Lavrilleux, Christofer Fjellner, Birgit Collin-Langen, Elisabetta Gardini, Sabine Verheyen, Krzysztof Hetman, Andreas Schwab, Janusz Lewandowski, Tomáš Zdechovský, Mairead McGuinness, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Jarosław Wałęsa, Werner Kuhn, Gabriel Mato, Lara Comi, Aldo Patriciello, Alessandra Mussolini, Andrey Kovatchev, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Roberta Metsola, Reimer Böge, Angélique Delahaye, Albert Deß, David Casa, Ivo Belet, José Manuel Fernandes, Werner Langen, Salvatore Domenico PoglieseReport

José Blanco López

Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources COM(2016)0767 - C8-0500/2016 - 2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 - paragraph 2 - point dd

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

A8-0392/2017

(dd) 'food and feed crops' means starch-rich crops, sugars and oil crops produced on agricultural land as a main crop excluding residues, waste or ligno-cellulosic material;

(dd) food and feed crops' means starch-rich crops, sugars and oil crops produced on agricultural land as a main crop excluding residues, waste or ligno-cellulosic material; intermediate crops such as catch crops and cover crops are not considered to be main crops;

Or. en

Justification

Intermediate crops and cover crops should not be considered main crops, but as a second harvest, additional to the normal food crops. This would be an alternative to bare land and, as showed by a 2016 ECOFYS study, will produce several benefits increasing both GHG emission savings and profitability for farmers. Agriculture must be part of the Climate solution and this legislation should give farmers the necessary tools for fighting climate change whilst guarantying food safety.

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United in diversity

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