Activities of Izabela-Helena KLOC related to 2020/2043(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION towards a WTO-compatible EU carbon border adjustment mechanism
Amendments (7)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomAcknowledges the Paris Agreement, the Green Deal and the EU collective goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050; notes the lack of international climate efforts; believes that an EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (‘the mechanism’) could incentivise international efforts to combat climate change;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Suggests a progressive mechanism that first includes sectors with the highestbased on sector’s risk of carbon leakage before being enlarged over time, with the potential for emissions abatement in third countries, and limited impact on downstream sectors before being enlarged over time, after a thorough and comprehensive analysis of the mechanism’s impact on the sectors in question and downstream sectors; stresses that this should not lead to internal market distortions;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights that introduction of CBAM should be seen as increased effort to ensure emissions reductions in addition to existing measures.
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that an important objective of the carbon border adjustment mechanism should be creating incentives for third country governments and exporters to reduce their emissions, therefore the potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions should be an important factor when selecting sectors to be covered by the mechanism;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Observes that since carbon border adjustment mechanism can only secure the competitiveness of the EU industry against competing polluting imports on the domestic EU market and not on export markets, then EU should maintain all existing measures ensuring EU industry’s competitiveness on export markets;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that the resources incurred by the mechanism are to be considered EU own resources; is convinced that these resources must be used for climate measures; in particular it should be channelled to the regions covered by the Just Transition Plans;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to conduct an impact assessment, which covers the impact of the mechanism on each Member State, of different mechanisms and designs to incentivise international climate action and prevent carbon leakage before presenting a legislative proposal; stresses the need to take the competitiveness of the EU industry in consideration whilst carrying out the impact assessment.