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Sustainable Carbon Cycles

2022/2053(INI)·9th term·AGRI / ENVI / ITRE·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Environmental policy · Protection of natural resources: fauna, flora, nature, wildlife, countryside; biodiversity · Soil pollution, deterioration
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): BERNHUBER Alexander (EPP)
Summary

Own-initiative report on sustainable carbon cycles. Amendments stress prioritising emission reductions over carbon removals, distinguish biogenic from fossil carbon and CCS from CCU, address the permanence and reversibility of stored carbon, and reference the European Climate Law, the Commission communication on sustainable carbon cycles, the Innovation Fund, carbon contracts for difference, Horizon Europe and IPCC findings.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    14 Jul 2022 – 30 Aug 2022
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    18 Apr 2023 · On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
  3. Procedure completed
764
Amendments
distinct, in window
76
Members
tabled at least one
3
Committee(s)
14 Jul 2022 – 30 Aug 2022
Dates

Plenary votes

5 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

  1. Show the 2 earlier votes
    1. 18 Apr 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 4 — paragraph 17
      Official label: § 17 - Am 4 · what was voted ↗
      324 for298 against22 abstentions61 did not vote
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      Abst.

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    2. 18 Apr 2023Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 6 — paragraph 29
      Official label: § 29 - Am 6 · what was voted ↗
      305 for325 against16 abstentions59 did not vote
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      Abst.

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  2. 18 Apr 2023Failedoutcome from totals
    On amendment 7 — paragraph 33
    Official label: § 33 - Am 7 · what was voted ↗
    312 for324 against6 abstentions63 did not vote
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    Abst.

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  3. 18 Apr 2023Failedoutcome from totals
    On amendment 2 — recital P
    Official label: Considérant P - Am 2 · what was voted ↗
    292 for328 against20 abstentions65 did not vote
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    Abst.

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  4. 18 Apr 2023Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
    Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
    323 for257 against59 abstentions66 did not vote
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    Against
    Abst.

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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE734.120 ↗PE735.485 ↗PE735.539 ↗PE735.540 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

76 Members · by amendment count
1🇮🇪
Mick WALLACE
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Ireland
106
2🇮🇪
Clare DALY
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Ireland
92
3🇩🇪
Martin HÄUSLING
Greens / EFA · Germany
73(73 solo)
4🇸🇪
Emma WIESNER
Renew Europe · Sweden
70(13 solo)
5🇸🇰
Martin HOJSÍK
Renew Europe · Slovakia
59
6🇩🇪
Christine SCHNEIDER
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
55
7🇦🇹
Alexander BERNHUBER
European People's Party (EPP) · Austria
54
8🇫🇷
Catherine CHABAUD
Renew Europe · France
47
9🇨🇿
Martin HLAVÁČEK
Renew Europe · Czechia
45
10🇩🇪
Norbert LINS
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
44
11🇩🇪
Peter JAHR
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
44(1 solo)
12🇳🇱
Jan HUITEMA
Renew Europe · Netherlands
40(1 solo)
13🇫🇷
Pascal CANFIN
Renew Europe · France
36
14🇩🇪
Ulrike MÜLLER
Renew Europe · Germany
36(1 solo)
15🇩🇰
Asger CHRISTENSEN
Renew Europe · Denmark
35
16🇫🇷
Max ORVILLE
Renew Europe · France
34
17🇧🇪
Frédérique RIES
Renew Europe · Belgium
34
18🇮🇪
Colm MARKEY
European People's Party (EPP) · Ireland
32(10 solo)
19🇩🇪
Marlene MORTLER
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
30
20🇦🇹
Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER
European People's Party (EPP) · Austria
30(8 solo)
21🇭🇷
Romana JERKOVIĆ
Socialists & Democrats · Croatia
26
22🇸🇮
Milan BRGLEZ
Socialists & Democrats · Slovenia
26
23🇸🇰
Robert HAJŠEL
Socialists & Democrats · Slovakia
26
24🇫🇷
Benoît BITEAU
Greens / EFA · France
26(26 solo)
25🇷🇴
Dacian CIOLOŞ
Renew Europe · Romania
25

The amendments, in full text

764 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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