# Renewable Energy Directive

European Parliament procedure 2021/0218(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 9th term, committee AGRI / DEVE / ENVI / ITRE / PETI / REGI / TRAN). Stage: Procedure completed. 2,994 committee amendments tabled by 205 Members between 2022-02-02 and 2022-05-04.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier revises the Renewable Energy Directive. The amendments rework the sustainability and greenhouse-gas criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels, adjusting the rated-thermal-input thresholds for solid biomass installations, adding a cascading principle tied to the waste hierarchy, and tightening rules on forest biomass, primary and biodiverse forests, peatland and protected areas, including provisions on woody biomass sourcing and sustainable forestry management.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ville NIINISTÖ | Finland | Verts/ALE | 188 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197802.md |
| Klemen GROŠELJ | Slovenia | RE | 171 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197452.md |
| Marcos ROS SEMPERE | Spain | S&D | 165 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/204413.md |
| Ivan DAVID | Czechia | ESN | 154 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197556.md |
| Ciarán CUFFE | Ireland | Verts/ALE | 144 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197654.md |
| Marco DREOSTO | Italy | ID | 139 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197614.md |
| Matteo ADINOLFI | Italy | ID | 138 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197826.md |
| Paolo BORCHIA | Italy | PfE | 136 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/101039.md |
| Christophe GRUDLER | France | RE | 132 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197557.md |
| Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES | Spain | S&D | 127 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197718.md |
| Martin HÄUSLING | Germany | Verts/ALE | 126 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96752.md |
| Isabella TOVAGLIERI | Italy | PfE | 118 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197580.md |
| Angelo CIOCCA | Italy | ID | 118 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/183793.md |
| Elena LIZZI | Italy | ID | 118 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197611.md |
| Gianna GANCIA | Italy | ID | 116 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197582.md |

## Official source documents

- PE703.115: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-703115_EN.pdf
- PE704.780: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-704780_EN.pdf
- PE704.820: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-704820_EN.pdf
- PE719.554: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-719554_EN.pdf
- PE729.875: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/DEVE-AM-729875_EN.pdf
- PE729.880: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ITRE-AM-729880_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2021-0218-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2021-0218-COD.json

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