16 Amendments of Hélène LAPORTE related to 2021/0214(COD)
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) As an instrument to prevent carbon leakage and reduce GHG emissions the CBAM should ensure that imported products are subject to a regulatory system that applies carbon costs equivalent to the ones that otherwise would have been borne under the EU ETS. The CBAM is a climate measure which should prevent the risk of carbon leakage and supportpartially linked to the Union’s increased ambition on climate mitigation, while ensuring WTO compatibility. To restore economic balance for internal EU production, which faces higher production costs as a result of the ambitious targets set in the European Green Deal, and to cover its own administrative costs, the CBAM should compel third countries to pay a fair price for the carbon emissions from their exports.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The additional revenue should be used to support the European economy's green transition and the competitiveness of its exports. It should be allocated directly to Member States for redistribution to European industries, taking a sectoral approach, with a view to financing decarbonisation efforts in the sectors covered by the CBAM and the deployment of low-carbon technologies.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) As the CBAM aims to encourage cleaner production processes, the EU stands ready to work with low and middle- income countries towards the de- carbonisation of their manufacturing industries. Moreover, the Union should support less developed countries with the necessary technical assistance in order to facilitate their adaptation to the new obligations established by this regulation. In so far as applicable and eligible, such assistance and support should be financed under the relevant expenditure programmes in the EU budget, in particular, the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument - Global Europe (NDICI) or the Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance (IPA III) and not through CBAM-assigned revenues.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60 a (new)
Recital 60 a (new)
(60a) The Member State authorities responsible for implementing the CBAM and the EU institutions that manage the EU budget should uphold the principle of sincere mutual cooperation when it comes to levying, collecting and making revenue available.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Tackling climate and other environmental-related challenges and reaching the objectives of the Paris Agreement are at the core of the European Green Deal. The value of the European Green Deal has only grown in light of the very severe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and economic well- being of the Union’s citizens, the need to develop European policies promoting localism and the relocation of the most strategic industries.
Amendment 120 #
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 transition 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 transitional 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.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) To ensure a gradual transition from the current system of free allowances to the CBAM, the latter should only be put in place following a transitional period making it possible to ensure that genuinely equivalent carbon pricing of direct and indirect emissions between the European Union and third countries has been achieved.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Overseas territories shall benefit from special treatment linked to their island nature to avoid any negative effects deriving from the application of the CBAM to their production.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) European small and medium-sized enterprises shall benefit from a system of derogations to limit the administrative burden of the steps required when they import products subject to the CBAM.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) The Commission should also take into account the economic and social impacts of the scope of the CBAM and its potential expansion and should propose measures to minimise these effects on European producers that export their products.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) As the CBAM aims to encourage cleaner production processes, the EU stands ready to work with low and middle- income countries towards the de- carbonisation of their manufacturing industries. Moreover, the Union should support less developed countries with the necessary technical assistance in order to facilitate their adaptation to the new obligations established by this regulationse new resources should contribute to supporting the green transition of the European economy and the competitiveness of its exports. These resources should be channelled directly to Member States so they may be distributed using a sectoral approach in order to finance technological innovation and de- carbonisation efforts.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1
Article premier – 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 oblige third countries to pay a fair price for their carbon emissions.
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The revenues generated from the sale of CBAM certificates shall be allocated to Member States to be used for the decarbonisation of European industries and the deployment of low-carbon technologies, as they face higher production costs as a result of the ambitious targets set under the European Green Deal, as well as to cover the administrative costs of the CBAM.
Amendment 488 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and the Council, with a view to drawing up an exhaustive list of unfair practices and fraud and circumvention practices related to the CBAM in third countries. In the event that the mechanism fails, Parliament and the Council may rule that it be revised or suspended.
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(da) In order to ensure carbon neutrality and a level playing field, Article 31 shall only apply when carbon costs are equal for the EU and third countries.
Amendment 549 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d b (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d b (new)
(db) Article 31 shall apply from 1 January 2030.