# Fuels and energy from renewable sources: transition to biofuels to deliver greenhouse gas savings

European Parliament procedure 2012/0288(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee AGRI / DEVE / ENVI / INTA / ITRE / REGI / TRAN). Stage: Procedure completed. 1,763 committee amendments tabled by 174 Members between 2013-04-25 and 2015-02-02.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier concerns fuels and energy from renewable sources and the transition to biofuels to deliver greenhouse gas savings. The amendments account for indirect land-use change emissions, cap biofuels from food, cereal, starch, sugar and oil crops, promote advanced biofuels from wastes and algae, and add safeguards on land rights, food security and indigenous communities, plus renewable electricity in transport.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrzej GRZYB | Poland | PPE | 125 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23785.md |
| Jarosław KALINOWSKI | Poland | PPE | 81 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96771.md |
| Jolanta Emilia HIBNER | Poland | PPE | 80 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96753.md |
| Albert DESS | Germany | PPE | 73 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28228.md |
| Bas EICKHOUT | Netherlands | Verts/ALE | 73 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96725.md |
| Sabine WILS | Germany | GUE/NGL | 73 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96741.md |
| Pilar AYUSO | Spain | PPE | 70 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4319.md |
| Julie GIRLING | United Kingdom | PPE | 59 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96956.md |
| Michel DANTIN | France | PPE | 59 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97296.md |
| Gaston FRANCO | France | PPE | 58 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96908.md |
| Filip KACZMAREK | Poland | PPE | 55 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28280.md |
| Keith TAYLOR | United Kingdom | Verts/ALE | 53 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/102931.md |
| Paul MURPHY | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 53 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97344.md |
| Yannick JADOT | France | Verts/ALE | 53 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96740.md |
| Bogusław SONIK | Poland | PPE | 53 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28299.md |

## Official source documents

- PE508.271: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-508.271+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE508.281: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-508.281+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE510.481: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-510.481+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE510.584: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-510.584+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE510.651: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-510.651+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE510.730: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-510.730+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2012-0288-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2012-0288-COD.json

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