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‘Believes that a legally binding EU commitment to climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest will be a powerful tool to mobilise the necessary societal, political, economic and technological forces for the transition;’

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‘strongly underlines that the transition is a shared effort of all Member States, and that every Member State must contribute to implementing climate neutrality in the EU by 2050 at the latest; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a European Climate Law by March 2020;’

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‘Emphasises that net emissions will have to be reduced to close to zero in all sectors of the economy in order to jointly contribute to the objective of reaching climate neutrality;’ excluding the words: ‘to close to zero in all sectors of the economy’

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‘to close to zero in all sectors of the economy’

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‘calls on the Commission to present, where necessary, proposals based on impact assessments, with a view to revising EU legislative measures in the field of climate and energy by June 2021 in order to deliver on the increased medium- and long-term climate ambition; calls on the Commission to also use the additional potential of other existing EU legislation to contribute to climate action, such as the Ecodesign Directive, EU waste legislation, circular economy measures and the F-Gas Regulation; underlines, furthermore, that nature-based solutions can help the Member States to reach their GHG emission reductions and biodiversity objectives but insists that they should be additional to GHG emission reductions at source;’

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‘Underlines that it is crucial to ensure a well-functioning, fully integrated, consumer-centred and competitive energy market in Europe; underlines the importance of cross-border interconnections for a fully integrated energy market; welcomes the announcement that the Commission will propose measures on smart integration by mid-2020, and underlines that further integration of the EU energy market will play an important part in enhancing security of energy supply’

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‘and achieving a net-zero GHG economy; highlights that an adequately funded Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators is needed to strengthen and increase regional cooperation between the Member States;’

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‘Calls for an ambitious new circular economy action plan, which must aim to reduce the total environmental and resource footprint of EU production and consumption while providing strong incentives for innovation, sustainable businesses and markets for climate-neutral and non-toxic circular products, with resource efficiency, zero pollution and waste prevention as key priorities; highlights the strong synergies between climate action and the circular economy, in particular in energy and carbon intensive industries;’ excluding the words ‘climate-neutral and’

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‘climate-neutral and’

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‘calls for the establishment of an EU-level target for resource efficiency’

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‘Urges the Commission to further step up EU measures against plastic pollution, in particular in the marine environment, and calls for wider restrictions on and the substitution of single-use plastic items; supports the development of legislation to address over-packaging and to ensure that all packaging that is not reusable or recyclable in an economically viable manner is not allowed on the EU market by 2030 at the latest, while ensuring food safety; calls for measures for cross-border coordination of deposit return systems;’ excluding the words ‘and calls for wider restrictions on and the substitution of single-use plastic items’

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‘and calls for wider restrictions on and the substitution of single-use plastic items’

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‘urges the Commission to tackle microplastics in a comprehensive way, including by adopting a comprehensive phase-out of intentionally added microplastics and through new measures, including regulatory measures, against the unintentional release of plastics for example from textiles, tyres and plastic pellets; notes that the Commission intends to develop a regulatory framework for biodegradable and bio-based plastics; highlights the need for a fully circular plastics economy;’

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Text as a whole excluding the words ‘and that all relevant EU funds (Connecting Europe Facility, InvestEU, etc.) as well as European Investment Bank (EIB) transport lending must be tailored to this’

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‘Highlights that sustainable agriculture and farmers will play an important role in tackling the challenges of the European Green Deal; emphasises the importance of European agriculture and its potential to contribute to climate action, the circular economy and enhanced biodiversity and to promote the sustainable use of renewable raw materials;’

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‘stresses that EU farmers must be given the necessary tools to fight and adapt to climate change, such as investing in the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems; stresses that the Farm to Fork Strategy should aim at an ambitious reduction in agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and land degradation;’

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the addition of ‘and the setting up of any kind of parallel schemes’

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the addition of ‘strongly underlines that no pricing system should replace or weaken existing or future CO2 standards for cars and lorries and place any extra burden directly on consumers’

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‘Looks forward to the upcoming Commission proposals for more stringent air pollutant emissions standards for combustion engine vehicles (Euro 7), and for revised CO2 emissions performance standards for cars and vans, as well as for trucks’

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‘ensuring a pathway from 2025 onwards towards zero-emission mobility’

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‘calls on the Commission to develop life cycle assessment methodologies; recalls the result of the in-depth analysis accompanying the Commission communication entitled “A Clean Planet for all: A European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy” that all new cars placed on the EU market will have to be zero-emission from 2040 onwards in the scenarios for reaching climate neutrality in 2050, and calls for a coherent policy framework and transition schemes to support this development;’

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‘notes that a revision of the current rules will be needed to allow frontrunner countries to apply more stringent measures at national level when so decided by Member States;’

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‘both ambitious and enforceable legal measures and binding’

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‘Highlights that the current market imbalance between low supply and high demand of sustainable financial products must be addressed; reiterates the role of sustainable finance and’

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‘considers it essential that the major international financial institutions swiftly adopt and develop sustainable finance in order to ensure full transparency of the degree of sustainability of the EU financial system and bring about a successful decarbonisation of the global economy; insists on the need to build on the successes of the sustainable finance strategy and underlines the need to rapidly implement the EU's Action Plan on Sustainable Finance,’

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‘including a green label for financial products, the green bond standard’

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‘and the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in the prudential framework for banks,’

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‘and welcomes the establishment of the International Platform on Sustainable Finance’

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‘Believes that new and increased GHG targets require the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to be fit for purpose;’

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‘calls on the Commission to rapidly review the ETS Directive, including by addressing the linear reduction factor, the rules for the allocation of free allowances and the potential need for a carbon floor price;’

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‘Underlines that the industrial and SME strategies must set out clear roadmaps for providing a comprehensive set of incentives and funding opportunities for innovation, for the deployment of breakthrough technologies and for new sustainable business models, as well as the removal of unnecessary regulatory hurdles; calls for EU support for climate and resource frontrunners, by means of a technologically neutral approach that is consistent with the best available science and the EU's long term climate and environment objectives;’

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‘underlines the role of environmentally safe carbon capture and storage in making heavy industry climate neutral where no direct emission reduction options are available;’

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‘Insists on a rapid phase-out of direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies by 2020 in the EU and in each Member State; emphasises that the EU's future energy system should be mainly based on renewable energy sources with a rapid phase out of fossil fuels, taking into account the differences between Member States, starting with the phase out of fossil fuel subsidies by 2020;’

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‘considers gas as a transitional source of energy; underlines that, in order to meet the EU's climate and sustainability goals, all sectors must gradually increase their use of clean and renewable energy;’

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‘Considers the proposed two-step approach within the European Green Deal communication in relation to revising the EU's NDC to be a mixed signal to the rest of the Parties to the Paris Agreement as regards where the EU stands on the question of its 2030 ambition;’

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‘stresses that overstating the difficulties in decarbonising between 50 % and 55 % does not constitute leadership on the global stage and instead creates the space for more justifications of low-ambition NDCs;’

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‘Opposes attempts to extend the EU ETS to road transport and buildings’

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‘as these sectors already have standards for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and including them in the EU ETS could lead to excessive, onerous regulation and a potentially heavy financial burden on consumers;’

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Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘in case the differences in levels of climate ambition worldwide should persist’, ‘notes the Commission's view that the mechanism would be an alternative to existing measures on carbon leakage under the EU ETS’, ‘and ensure an effective price on carbon in the EU while promoting carbon pricing in other parts of the world’

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‘in case the differences in levels of climate ambition worldwide should persist’

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‘notes the Commission's view that the mechanism would be an alternative to existing measures on carbon leakage under the EU ETS’

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‘and ensure an effective price on carbon in the EU while promoting carbon pricing in other parts of the world’

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‘Underlines the fact that in order to meet the EU's climate and sustainability goals, all sectors must increase their use of renewable energy and phase out fossil fuels; calls for a revision of the trans-European energy (TEN-E) guidelines before the adoption of the next list of projects of common interest (PCI) in order to align the legislative framework with the priority of smart grid deployment and to prevent the lock-in of carbon-intensive investments; underlines the need to pursue a strategic approach towards EU energy clusters with the aim of utilising the most effective investments in renewable sources of energy; welcomes, therefore, the announcement on an offshore wind strategy; considers that the EU's policies should specifically enhance innovation and the deployment of sustainable energy storage and green hydrogen;’ excluding the words ‘and phase out fossil fuels’, ‘welcomes, therefore, the announcement on an offshore wind strategy’

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‘and phase out fossil fuels’

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‘welcomes, therefore, the announcement on an offshore wind strategy’

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‘stresses the need to ensure that the use of energy sources such as natural gas is only of a transitional nature, considering the objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest’ excluding the word ‘only’

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‘Supports in general the idea of market-based measures as one of the tools to achieve climate objectives;’

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‘expresses reservations, however, about the potential inclusion of building emissions in the EU ETS, as it could take the responsibility away from public action and lead to higher energy bills for tenants and homeowners; considers that any such measure would require further analysis’

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‘Reiterates that the Single European Sky (SES) is capable of reducing aviation emissions without major costs,’

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‘but will not in itself bring about significant reductions in aviation emissions in line with the EU's long-term goal’

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‘calls for a clear regulatory roadmap for the decarbonisation of aviation, based on technological solutions, infrastructure, requirements for sustainable alternative fuels and efficient operations, in combination with incentives for a modal shift’

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‘Welcomes the new energy lending policy and the new strategy for climate action and environmental sustainability adopted by the EIB on 14 November 2019 as a positive contribution towards the achievement of the European Green Deal; welcomes the fact that the EIB is to be transformed into the EU's new Climate Bank, with 50 % of its operations to be dedicated to climate action and environmental sustainability by 2025, with an end to its support for fossil fuel projects by 2021, and with all its financing activities aligned with the principles and goals of the Paris Agreement by 2020; encourages the EIB to play an active role in supporting projects that support a just transition, such as research, innovation and digitalisation, SMEs' access to finance, and social investment and skills;’

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‘welcomes the recent statements by the newly appointed President of the European Central Bank (ECB) that the institution, in both its monetary and its banking supervisory roles, should contribute to the fight against climate change; urges the Commission to work with the ECB in this regard to ensure the coherent action promised in the European Green Deal communication,’

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‘without prejudice to the mandate of the ECB under the Treaties’

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‘Highlights that a substantial amount of the financing required by the Green Deal will have to come from Member States' budgets;’

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‘is concerned that without sustainable fiscal policy and a credible financial situation in the Member States any future Green Deal financing model may be jeopardised;’

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‘calls, therefore, for the introduction of an enabling framework for public sustainable investments to achieve the goals set out in the European Green Deal,’

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‘but stresses that whatever financing model is chosen must not undermine the sustainability of public finance in the EU; underlines, however, that sustainable investments under the European Green Deal should be truly additional and should not result in a crowding-out of market financing;’

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‘points out, in this regard, the possibilities of private and public investments to benefit from the prevailing low-interest environment;’

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‘Welcomes the Commission's intention to include the maritime sector in the ETS’

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‘stresses that the EU should defend a high level of ambition for GHG reductions in the maritime sector both at international and EU level, while any new EU measures should not undermine the international competitiveness of EU-flagged ships; believes that EU and international measures should go hand in hand in order to avoid creating double regulations for the industry and that any action, or lack of action, taken at global level should not hinder the EU's ability to take more ambitious action within the Union;’

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‘furthermore, underlines the need for measures to move away from the use of heavy fuel oil and the need for urgent investments in research into new technologies to decarbonise the shipping sector, and in the development of zero-emission and green ships;’

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‘the proposed measures to reduce emissions in the aviation sector’

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‘and the strengthening of the ETS in line with the EU's climate ambition, and’

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‘the phase-out of the free allocation of allowances for intra-EU flights to airlines’

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‘at the same time, calls’

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‘on the Commission and the Member States to do their utmost to strengthen the carbon offsetting and reduction scheme for international aviation (CORSIA) and’

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‘to support the adoption by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) of a long-term goal to reduce in-sector emissions, while safeguarding the EU's legislative autonomy in implementing the ETS Directive; underlines that, as co-legislators, the European Parliament and the Council are the only institutions that can decide on any future amendment to the ETS Directive; stresses that any amendment of the ETS Directive should only be undertaken if it is consistent with the EU's economy-wide GHG emission reduction commitment’

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‘Takes note of the Commission's plans to consider extending European emissions trading to emissions from road transport’

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‘rejects a direct inclusion in the EU ETS scheme’ excluding the word ‘direct’

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‘Notes with concern that agriculture, fishery and food production are still the biggest driver of terrestrial and marine biodiversity loss;’

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‘believes that the loss of pollinators, including bees, is of particular concern from a food security point of view as pollinator-dependent crops play an important role in our diets;’

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‘calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the full adoption of the 2013 European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) bee guidance as a matter of urgency,’

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‘and urges Member States to align their assessments of pesticides accordingly;’

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‘Believes that the planned revision of State aid guidelines should reflect the policy objectives of the European Green Deal and aim at reinforcing and simplifying investment in sustainable solutions, ensuring a rapid phase-out of direct and indirect subsidies for coal and fossil fuel in the EU and providing guidelines fully consistent with GHG reduction and environmental objectives for national, regional and local authorities, whose role will be instrumental in an effective and innovative implementation of the European Green Deal; considers that the revision should allow for national support for structural changes due to coal phase-out following the same conditionality as the Just Transition Fund;’ excluding the word ‘rapid’ and ‘and fossil fuel’

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‘stresses that such a revision should not weaken the EU's strong set of competition rules’