Amendment adopted by the European Parliament on 3 July 2013 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC clarifying provisions on the timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances (COM(2012)0416 – C7-0203/2012 – 2012/0202(COD))(1)
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
Text proposed by the Commission
Amendment
Amendment 21 Proposal for a decision Article 1 Directive 2003/87/EC Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – last sentence
The Commission shall, where appropriate, adapt the timetable for each period so as to ensure an orderly functioning of the market.
Where an assessment shows for the individual industrial sectors that no significant impact on sectors or subsectors exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage is to be expected, the Commission may, in exceptional circumstances, adapt the timetable for the period referred to in Article 13(1) beginning on 1 January 2013 so as to ensure an orderly functioning of the market. The Commission shall make no more than one such adaptation for a maximum number of 900 million allowances.