BETA

22 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) Whilst the ultimate objective of the CBAM is a broad product coverage, it would be prudent to start with a selected number of sectors ~~with relatively homogeneous products~~ where there is a risk of carbon leakage. Union sectors deemed at risk of carbon leakage are listed in Commission Delegated Decision 2019/70842 . _________________ 42 Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/708 of 15 February 2019 supplementing Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the determination of sectors and subsectors deemed at risk of carbon leakage for the period 2021 to 2030 (OJ L 120, 8.5.2019, p. 2).

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

(30) The use of the first criterion allows listing the following industrial sector in terms of cumulated emissions: iron and steel, refineries, cement, organic basic chemicals, pesticides and fertilisers.

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)

(31 a) The Commission should foresee an immediate application of CBAM after the transitional period for sectors, included in this Regulation, having a higher expositions to carbon leakage and impacts on climate, namely cement, steel, iron and pesticides, bypassing the phasing out of the EU ETS schemes.

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 b (new)

(31 b) The scope of the CBAM should be extended to agricultural products after the phasing-in period. Meanwhile, the Commission should monitor the stability of the Union agricultural markets and foresee the viability of agricultural production as effect of the implementation of the CBAM certificates for the sectors involved

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)

(35 a) Cement should have apriority in the CBAM phasing-in because of its high exposition to carbon leakage compared to the other sectors involved.

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41

(41) The embedded declared emissions should be verified by a person accredited by a ~~national~~European accreditation body appointed in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council43 or pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/206744 . _________________ 43 Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30). 44 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2067 of 19 December 2018 on the verification of data and on the accreditation of verifiers pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC ofby the European Commission in accordance with the European Parliament and of the Council ~~(OJ L 334, 31.12.2018, p. 94).~~

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44

(44) In order to give the authorised declarants flexibility in complying with their CBAM obligations and allow them to benefit from fluctuations in the price of EU ETS allowances, the CBAM certificates should be valid for a period of two years from the date of purchase. The authorised declarant should be allowed to re-sell to the ~~national authority~~European Commission a portion of the certificates bought in excess. The authorised declarant should build up during the year the amount of certificates required at the time of surrendering, with thresholds set at the end of each quarter.

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55 a (new)

(55 a) In order to fulfil the European Union ambitious policy on climate action and to achieve its 2030 GHG emissions reduction target, all CBAM revenues should have a clear climate earmarking. The revenues of the correct application of CBAM should return to producers to help investments in cleaner technologies, the development of environmental and climate projects and if necessary in the form of tax reductions or lump sum transfers for those sectors highly exposed to price volatility as agriculture;

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11

(11) ‘competent authority’ means the authority, designated ~~by each Member State~~or established by the European Commission in accordance with Article 11 of this Regulation;

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. ~~Each Member State~~The European Commission shall designate the competent authority to carry out the obligations under this Regulation ~~and inform the Commission thereof~~in consultation with the Parliament and the Council.

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

~~The Commission shall make available to the Member States a list of all competent authorities and publish this information in the Official Journal of the European Union.~~deleted

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall require that competent authorit~~ies~~y exchanges any information that is essential or relevant to the exercise of their functions and duties.

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – title

~~Commission~~Member States

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1

~~The Commission~~Member States shall assist the competent authorit~~ies~~y in carrying out ~~their~~its obligations under this Regulation ~~and coordinate their activities~~.

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1

1. The competent authority of ~~each Member State~~ shall establish a national registry of declarants authorised in ~~that Member State in~~ the form of a standardised electronic database containing the data regarding the CBAM certificates of those declarants, and to provide for confidentiality in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 13.

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3

3. If irregularities are identified as a result of the controls carried out under paragraph 2, the Commission shall inform the Member State or Member States concerned for further investigation ~~in order to~~and correct the identified irregularities.

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 a (new)

Article 24 a Usage of revenue from the sales of CBAM certificates 1. To meet the Union objectives and international commitments, such as those under WTO agreements and the Paris Agreement, revenues generated from the sale of CBAM certificates, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, shall be used to: - cover the cost of administration of the CBAM competent authority; - tackle climate change in least developed countries (LDCs), inter alia, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to adapt to the impacts of climate change, to fund research and development for mitigation and adaptation in these countries; - finance EU producers projects or investments in cleaner technologies; - foresee tax reductions or lump sum transfers for those sectors highly exposed to price volatility such as agriculture; 2. To ensure transparency of the use of revenues generated from the sale of CBAM certificates the Commission shall, on a yearly basis, report to the European Parliament and the Council on how the revenues from the sale of CBAM certificates, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, from the previous year has been used and how this has contributed to tackling climate change in LDCs.

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall collect the information necessary with a view to extending the scope of this Regulation to indirect emissions and goods other than those listed in Annex I, including agriculture and food sectors, and develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on environmental footprint methods.

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2

2. Before the end of the transitional period, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation. The report shall contain~~, in particular~~ the effects of the measures on the Union market and in particular SMEs, the depth analysis of Union competitiveness, the volume of Union imports as results of the application of this Regulation, the assessment of the possibilities to further extend the scope of embedded emissions to indirect emissions and to other goods at risk of carbon leakage than those already covered by this Regulation, including agriculture and food sectors, as well as an assessment of the governance system and. It shall also contain the assessment of the possibility to further extend the scope to embedded emissions of transportation services as well as to goods further down the value chain and services that may be subject to the risk of carbon leakage in the future.

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point a

(a) Articles 32 to 345 shall apply until 31 December 2025.

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point b

~~(b) Article 35 shall apply until 28 February 2026.~~deleted

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I a (new)

Pesticides CN CODE 380891 insecticide carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide

2021/12/16
Committee: INTA