Activities of Elisabetta GUALMINI related to 2021/0214(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism
Amendments (5)
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) The revenues generated should be attributed to the Union budget as an own resource in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 311 TFEU, pursuant to Annex 2 of the legally binding Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of16 December 20201a and as proposed by the Commission on 22 December2021 in its legislative proposal to amend the Own Resources Decision1b. The CBAM-based own resource would thus be part of a basket of new own resources whose total proceeds should be sufficient to cover the level of overall expected expenditure for the repayment costs of the principal and interests of the borrowing incurred under the Next Generation EU instrument, while respecting the principle of universality. _________________ 1a Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap for the introduction of new own resources (OJ L 433I, 22.12.2020, p. 28.). 1b COM(2021)0570 final.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 b (new)
Recital 13 b (new)
(13 b) The principle of universality implies that there can be no earmarking or assignment of any particular own resource to cover a specific type of expenditure. The CBAM together with the ETS-based own resource and the one based on Pillar One of the OECD/G20 agreement further embed EU policy priorities such as the European Green Deal and the Union’s contribution to fair taxation in the revenue side of the EU budget to provide EU added value. New own resources should contribute to climate mainstreaming, improve the resilience of the Union budget as a tool for investments and guarantees and - by diversifying the number of revenue sources - mitigate the risks to the EU budget on the revenue side and alleviate the burden of repayment on national budgets.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55 a (new)
Recital 55 a (new)
(55 a) To support least developed countries' efforts towards the de- carbonisation of their manufacturing industries support should be financed under the relevant expenditure programmes in the Union budget, including through reinforcing climate spending in the Union budget’s, such as the relevant geographic and thematic programmes of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument established by Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council.1a _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, amending and repealing Decision No 466/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009 (OJ L 209, 14.6.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61 a (new)
Recital 61 a (new)
(61 a) Underlines the importance to avoid an excessive administrative burden and costs for the implementation of the CBAM mechanism on both the Commission and the Member States, and to keep the complexity of the system as low as possible while ensuring its proper functioning.
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55 b (new)
Recital 55 b (new)
(55b) On 16 December 2020, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission concluded the Interinstitutional agreement on budgetary discipline, cooperation on budgetary matters and sound financial management as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources (IIA). The repayment of the principal of borrowed funds, by the Commission on behalf of the Union, to be used for expenditure under the European Union Recovery Instrument and the related interest due will have to be financed by the general budget of the Union, including by sufficient proceeds from new own resources introduced after 2021. Therefore, on 22 December 2021, the Commission proposed to amend the Own Resources Decision so that 75% of the revenues generated by a carbon border adjustment mechanism become an own resource for the EU budget. It is the responsibility of Member States to collect revenues from the sale of carbon border adjustment mechanism certificates.