3 Amendments of Luisa REGIMENTI related to 2020/2043(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports, in the absence of a global carbon price and a multilateral solution, a market-based EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) on condition that it is, notes that this has been the Commission’s intention for a number of years, but that it has only very recently engaged with stakeholders to set such a mechanism in motion and has yet to flesh it out with any real substance, stresses that this mechanism must be compatible with EU free trade agreements (FTAs) and WTO rules (by being non- discriminatory and not constituting a disguised restriction on international trade), and that it is proportionate, based on the polluter pays principle and fit for purpose in delivering the climate, environment and social objectives;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the general exception clause of Article XX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) should be the basis for any CBAM design and its onlymain rationale should be: an environmental one – reducing global CO2 emissions and preventing carbon leakage by reducing logistics chains, slowing down global flows and promoting local production and consumption circuits; recommends that the price per tonne of CO2 take account of the real environmental cost of a product, encompassing not only production costs but also transportation costs, which should include a coefficient for actual distance travelled; stresses that this real cost must not only offset the environmental cost of products, but also contribute to bolstering the internal market and providing impetus for reducing the carbon footprint and volume of world trade;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for thorough impact assessments and for the utmost transparency of the process leading to the CBAM, as well as engagement with the EU’s trading partners to build coalitions and avoid any possible retaliastresses that this must be accompanied by robust and coherent diplomacy on the part of the European Union and Member States in accordance with their respective competences, with a view to preventing and countering any possible retaliations, by means, inter alia, of engagement with the EU’s trading partners to build coalitions;