The ENVI Committee has published the full list of amendments (Amendments 41-305, Amendments 306-617, and Amendments 618-956) to the REDIII draft opinion prepared by Nils Torvalds. Many of the positions advocated by Bioenergy Europe have been tabled, further analysis will be upcoming. For more information, please contact Daniel Reinemann.
On Tuesday, the European Commission released a Communication to accelerate the deployment of renewables, while ensuring the affordability and security of EU energy supply by decreasing fossil gas imports from Russia. Bioenergy Europe has published an initial reaction to the communication which lacks a clear path forward for how bioenergy will be integrated as part of the solution to decrease the dependency on Russian fossil fuels. For more information, please contact Irene di Padua.
The European Commission has published a communication titled:
The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy will consider Markus Pieper’s draft report on REDIII on Thursday, 3 March from 9.00 – 12.00. This will be an opportunity for the rapporteur and the shadows to present their opinions on the file and to ask questions. The streaming can be followed here. For more information, please contact Irene di Padua.
On Monday, 28 February, the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development debated the role of forestry in the new EU Forest Strategy (full draft agenda). During the presentation of the draft report, Luisa Regimenti (EPP, IT), rapporteur for opinion, highlighted the importance of Sustainable Forest Management to ensure long-term production and maintenance of ecosystems’ services. Petri Sarvamaa (EPP, FI) emphasised that understanding the variety of forests is key and therefore the “the huge potential of biomass and increasing biodiversity and carbon sequestration cannot be done if they get a one size fits all approach.” For more information, please contact Irene di Padua.
As of 3 March, Irene di Padua will step into the role of Policy Director, taking over from Giulia Cancian. Irene will oversee the activities of the department whilst coordinating the Task Force National Advocacy as well as the WG Domestic Heating.
The fifth meeting of the REDII Committee on the Sustainability of Biofuels, Bioliquids and Biomass Fuels has been scheduled for 10 March. On the agenda is the approval of the implementing act for voluntary scheme standards. Given the numerous delays on this vote, it is uncertain whether this will be resolved at the next meeting. For more information, please contact Daniel Reinemann.
The ITRE Secretariat has confirmed that the deadline for tabling amendments to the Markus Pieper’s Draft Report is 15 March at 12:00 instead of the originally scheduled date of 8 March. Please note that the report still has not been publicly released. For more information, please contact Daniel Reinemann.
Bioenergy Europe has obtained a leak of the Draft Communication by the European Commission on a Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy. The Secretariat is also finalising a statement on the current energy price crisis. For more information, please contact Michal Dlugosz.
The ITRE committee rapporteur Niels Fuglsang (DK, S&D) published the draft report on the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) recast. The report will be presented in the committee meeting of 3 March and MEPs can table amendments on the draft until 8 March. The deadline for the consideration of amendments is 20 April, and the adoption of the report is expected in June (dates might be subject to changes). The position of the Council on the EED recast is also available here. For more information, please contact Irene di Padua.
