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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism
Amendments (18)
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Existing mechanisms to address the risk of carbon leakage in sectors or sub- sectors at risk of carbon leakage are the transitional free allocation of EU ETS allowances and financial measures to compensate for indirect emission costs incurred from GHG emission costs passed on in electricity prices respectively laid down in Articles 10a(6) and 10b of Directive 2003/87/EC. However, free allocation under the EU ETSand compensation for indirect emission costs under the EU ETS undermine the polluter-pays-principle and weakens the price signal that the system provides for the installations receiving it compared to full auctioning and thus affectheavily reduces the incentives for investment into further prevention and abatement of emissions.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The CBAM seeks to replace these existing mechanisms by addressing the risk of carbon leakage in a different way, namely by ensuring equivalent carbon pricing for imports and domestic products. To ensure a gradual transitionswift change from the current system of free allowances to the CBAM, the CBAM should be progressively phased in while free allowances in sectors covered by the CBAM are phased out. The combined and traswiftly implemented and free allowances and indirect costs compensiational application of EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge and of the CBAM should in no case result in more favourable treatment for Union goods compared to goods imported into the customs territory of the Union in sectors covered by the CBAM phased out rapidly.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The CBAM should, when further developed, cover the most emission- intensive sectors. A further analysis must be carried out as soon as possible in order to include more sectors and raw materials in the instrument, including, but not limited to, industrially processed goods and production that drives deforestation.
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In order to help fulfilling the EU’s commitments in line with the Paris agreement revenues earned from the sale of CBAM certificates should be assigned to support the efforts of developing countries and countries in the Global South towards the de-carbonisation of their industries.
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to exclude from the CBAM third countries or territories fully integrated into, or linked, to the EU ETS in the event of future agreements, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the list of countries in Annex II, Section A. Conversely, those third countries or territories should be excluded from the list in Annex II and be subject to CBAM whereby they do not effectively charge the ETS price on goods exported to the Union.
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
Amendment 536 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes a carbon border adjustment mechanism (the ‘CBAM’) for addressing greenhouse gas emissions embedded in the goods referred to in Annex I, upon their importation into the customs territory of the Union, in order to prevent the risk of carbon leakage and incentivise emissions reductions in sectors covered by this regulation in third countries and within the Union.
Amendment 662 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28
(28) ‘indirect emissions’ mean greenhouse gas emissions from transport in relation to production of goods and from the production processes of electricity, heating and cooling, which is consumed during the production processes of goods.;
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28 a (new)
(28a) Verifier is a legal person accredited either according to the criteria of this Regulation or of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/206.
Amendment 901 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. 1. Any legal person accredited pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/2067 shall be regarded as an accredited verifier under this Regulation.
Amendment 906 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 913 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 28 for the accreditation referred to in paragraph 21, specifying conditions for the control and oversight of accredited verifiers, for the withdrawal of accreditation and for mutual recognition and peer evaluation of the accreditation bodies.
Amendment 942 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. 2a. A price floor of 50 euro per tonne shall be set for the CBAM certificates.
Amendment 958 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a (new)
Amendment 1194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31
Article 31
Amendment 1211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. 2a. Allowances resulting from the reduction of free allocation shall be auctioned and the revenues earned from the auction shall be assigned to support the efforts of developing countries and countries in the Global South towards the de-carbonisation of their industries, i.a. through the financial mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Amendment 1242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) Articles 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 3127 shall apply from 1 January 2026.
Amendment 1260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 a (new)
Annex II – Part 2 a (new)
2a SECTION C – Countries classified as Least Developed Countries, LDCs, according to the criteria set by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The list will be updated following the three year review of the list of LDCs by ECOSOC.