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REPORT (COM(2022)0329 – C90223/2022 – 2022/0210(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 as regards introducing new environmental economic accounts modules

A-9-2023-0296

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety · Rapporteur: Pascal Canfin

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 on European environmental economic accounts. It adds new modules on energy subsidies including fossil fuel subsidies, water, waste, circular material use, climate mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, pollution, resource management and environmental footprint. It sets deadlines for the Commission to adopt delegated acts for these modules and to report on monetary valuation of ecosystem services. It requires a study on climate mitigation data and a dedicated climate adaptation module. It requires the Commission and the European Environment Agency to develop an annual European Environment Accounts Dashboard. It shortens data transmission deadlines to 12 months and requires Member States to submit climate change mitigation data from 1 January 2025.

Committee position. The committee proposes to adopt Parliament's position at first reading with amendments to the Commission proposal, adding new modules, deadlines, reporting requirements and a dashboard, and shortening data transmission deadlines.

Key points

  1. The overall objective of the accounts is to provide data supporting monitoring and evaluation of the Union's progress on environmental objectives and international commitments.
  2. The Commission must adopt delegated acts within 3 years of entry into force to add modules on energy subsidies including fossil fuel subsidies, other potentially harmful subsidies, water, waste, circular material use, climate mitigation, climate adaptation, biodiversity, pollution, resource management and environmental footprint.
  3. The Commission must submit a report to Parliament and the Council within 18 months on monetary valuation of ecosystem services, including feasibility and possible reporting values.
  4. The Commission must publish a study within one year analysing climate change mitigation reporting data and proposing a dedicated climate adaptation module, with an indicative timeline.
  5. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts to amend the annexes to adapt and further develop the modules.
  6. The pilot studies programme must give particular attention to modules on energy subsidies including fossil fuel subsidies, without adding administrative or financial burdens on Member States and respondents.
  7. Member States using innovative approaches must inform the Commission, which may advise against an approach within 3 months if data quality risks being insufficient, and must facilitate exchange of best practices and publish information received.
  8. The Commission and the European Environment Agency must develop a freely accessible European Environment Accounts Dashboard within 18 months, updated annually.
  9. Member States must submit data on climate change mitigation from 1 January 2025, integrating investments and capital transfers by institutional sectors for activities listed in Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2021/241.
  10. Statistics for Annexes VII, VIII and IX must be transmitted within 12 months of the end of the reference year.
  11. A new common forest bird index is added to Annex IX, and 'cultural services' is renamed 'nature-based tourism related services'.
  12. The Commission must publish all requests for derogations received from Member States.

Who is affected

  • Member States, which must provide high-quality data within the time limits and may request derogations.
  • National Statistical Institutes and other national authorities, which may use innovative approaches such as Copernicus services.
  • The Commission, which must adopt delegated acts, publish reports and studies, and develop the dashboard with the European Environment Agency.
  • Eurostat, which must present data in a more accessible and user-friendly way and faces challenges in collecting timely, high-quality data.

Figures and deadlines

  • 3 years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation: deadline for the Commission to adopt delegated acts for new modules.
  • 18 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation: deadline for the Commission to submit a report on monetary valuation of ecosystem services.
  • one year from the date of entry into force of this Regulation: deadline for the Commission to publish a study on climate mitigation data.
  • 18 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation: deadline for the Commission and the European Environment Agency to develop the dashboard.
  • 1 January 2025: date from which Member States must submit data on climate change mitigation.
  • 12 months of the end of the reference year: deadline for transmitting statistics for Annexes VII, VIII and IX.
  • 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation: deadline for Member States to present a duly justified request for a derogation.
  • 3 months after being informed: period within which the Commission may advise Member States against using a specific innovative approach.

Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Article 338(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.