11 Amendments of Sira REGO related to 2020/2043(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesRecalls the international obligations of the Union under the Paris Agreement,; acknowledges the Green Deal and, the goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and the newly announced target of at least 55% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030; 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 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that, according the Commission's impact assessment, without removals by carbon sink (forests, soil etc.), the real target for emission reductions is 52,8% by 2030, and not 55%; underlines that, in order to respect the Paris Agreement long-term goal to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the best available scientific data and the United Nations recommend a reduction of at least 65% by 2030;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines that the Union goals regarding the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are biased if they ignore the emissions embedded in imported goods and services; expresses its deep worriedness that the lack of objective regarding imported emissions create a phenomenon under which EU emissions are reduced through a transfer of emissions to third countries and the relocation of industrial activities; stresses that the achievement of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050 cannot be achieved at the expense of third countries by relocating polluting industries which are detrimental to the environment and local populations; urges the Commission and Member States to adopt a carbon footprint approach in defining their climate objectives;
Amendment 23 #
2. Underlines that international carbon pricing and fully competitive low-emission solutions wcould render the mechanism obsolete; stresses, therefore, that the EU needs to step up efforts in this respect that the US decision to pull out of the Paris agreement has strongly undermined global response to climate change; stresses, therefore, that the EU needs to step up efforts in this respect meanwhile implementing the mechanism; recalls that the Union has a historical responsibility regarding the accumulation of greenhouse gas and therefore has a duty to take ambitious climate and environmental actions;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that the mechanism should be part of wider set of policies to enable and promote the investment in low carbon industrial processes, energy efficiency measures and renewable energies to achieve the decarbonisation of industry; suggests to promote, alongside the mechanism, strong public innovation policies excluding support for fossil lock- in technologies and obligations to purchase low carbon materials through public procurement; calls for a revision of EU State Aids rules to ensure proper support to the constitution of a strong decarbonized industrial base in the Union;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that decentralised climate actions can lead to carbon and investments leakage and a competitive disadvantage on international markets for the EU industry; urges the Commission, therefore, to ensure full carbon-leakage protection and to consider the inclusion of export rebates in the mechanism; with a mechanism created as an alternative to the current measures against carbon leakage under the EU ETS and to consider the inclusion of export rebates in the mechanism; stresses the need for the mechanism to include the emissions resulting from transport in the carbon content pricing; urges the mechanism to aim for a reduction of EU share of imported emissions, which implies a reduction in value chains and their length;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Suggests a progressive mechanism that first includes sectors which are emissions intensive and with the highest risk of carbon leakage before being enlarged over time; stresses that this should not lead to internal market distortionssuch as clinker, cement, iron, steel, aluminium, some bulk chemicals, pulp, paper and oil refining, before being enlarged over time to encompass all imports; recalls the importance of adopting complementary measures to reduce the emissions intensity of these sectors, such as renovation of the building stock and raw construction material substitution;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to limit international retaliation measures against the EU caused by the mechanism; urges the Commission to mtake the mechanism World Trade Organization-compatible and to take a multilateral approach to its designa multilateral approach to its design; strongly suggests to use the environmental exemption provisions under the Article 20 of the GATT agreement; recalls that over the last decade the World Trade Organization has proven increasingly blocked and bypassed by third States; stresses that the Union has other international obligations, notably under the Paris Agreement; recalls that the European Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency and has called on the Commission to ensure that every legislative and budgetary proposals are all fully aligned with the objective of limite global warming to under 1.5°C; calls therefore on the Union to initiate a profound reform WTO rules in order to ensure that world trade is fully aligned with the realisation of the Paris Agreement long-term goal to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages to minimise risks that exporters to the EU try to avoid the mechanism or compromise its effectiveness, for example by rerouting production between markets or exporting semi-finished goods;
Amendment 87 #
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 social and climate measures, including for supporting third countries, particularly developing countries, in their efforts to decarbonize their economies, mitigate and adapt to climate change; stresses the importance of transferring decarbonized technologies towards developing countries; urges Member States to take measures, particularly fiscal measures, to support low-income households and compensate any rise in price on imported goods as a result of the implementation of the mechanism;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to conduct an impact assessment of different mechanisms and designs to incentivise international climate action and prevent carbon and investment leakage before presenting a legislative proposal.