21 Amendments of Dino GIARRUSSO related to 2021/0214(COD)
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Whilst the ultimate objective of the CBAM is a broad product coverage, it would be prudent to start with a selected number of sectors with relatively homogeneous products where there is a risk of carbon leakage. Union sectors deemed at risk of carbon leakage are listed in Commission Delegated Decision 2019/70842 . _________________ 42Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/708 of 15 February 2019 supplementing Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the determination of sectors and subsectors deemed at risk of carbon leakage for the period 2021 to 2030 (OJ L 120, 8.5.2019, p. 2).
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) The use of the first criterion allows listing the following industrial sector in terms of cumulated emissions: iron and steel, refineries, cement, organic basic chemicals, pesticides and fertilisers.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) The Commission should foresee an immediate application of CBAM after the transitional period for sectors, included in this Regulation, having a higher expositions to carbon leakage and impacts on climate, namely cement, steel, iron and pesticides, bypassing the phasing out of the EU ETS schemes.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 b (new)
Recital 31 b (new)
(31b) The scope of the CBAM should be extended to agricultural products after the phasing-in period. Meanwhile, the Commission should monitor the stability of the Union agricultural markets and foresee the viability of agricultural production as effect of the implementation of the CBAM certificates for the sectors involved
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) Cement should have a priority in the CBAM phasing-in because of its high exposition to carbon leakage compared to the other sectors involved.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The embedded declared emissions should be verified by a person accredited by a nationalEuropean accreditation body appointed in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council43 or pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/206744 . _________________ 43 Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30). 44Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2067 of 19 December 2018 on the verification of data and on the accreditation of verifiers pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC ofby the European Commission in accordance with the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 334, 31.12.2018, p. 94).
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) In order to give the authorised declarants flexibility in complying with their CBAM obligations and allow them to benefit from fluctuations in the price of EU ETS allowances, the CBAM certificates should be valid for a period of two years from the date of purchase. The authorised declarant should be allowed to re-sell to the national authorityEuropean Commission a portion of the certificates bought in excess. The authorised declarant should build up during the year the amount of certificates required at the time of surrendering, with thresholds set at the end of each quarter.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55 a (new)
Recital 55 a (new)
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘competent authority’ means the authority, designated by each Member Stateor established by the European Commission in accordance with Article 11 of this Regulation;
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member StateThe European Commission shall designate or establish the competent authority to carry out the obligations under this Regulation and inform the Commission thereofin consultation with the Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall require that cthe Competent aAuthoritiesy exchanges any information that is essential or relevant to the exercise of their functions and duties.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – title
Article 12 – title
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authority of each Member State shall establish a national registry of declarants authorised in that Member State in the form of a standardised electronic database containing the data regarding the CBAM certificates of those declarants, and to provide for confidentiality in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 13.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. If irregularities are identified as a result of the controls carried out under paragraph 2, the Commission shall inform the Member State or Member States concerned for further investigation in order toand correct the identified irregularities.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall collect the information necessary with a view to extending the scope of this Regulation to indirect emissions and goods other than those listed in Annex I, including agricultural and food sectors, and develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on environmental footprint methods.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Before the end of the transitional period, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation. The report shall contain, in particular the effects of the measures on the Union market and in particular SMEs, the depth analysis of Union competitiveness, the volume of Union imports as results of the application of this Regulation, the assessment of the possibilities to further extend the scope of embedded emissions to indirect emissions and to other goods at risk of carbon leakage than those already covered by this Regulation, including agriculture and food sectors, as well as an assessment of the governance system and . It shall also contain the assessment of the possibility to further extend the scope to embedded emissions of transportation services as well as to goods further down the value chain and services that may be subject to the risk of carbon leakage in the future.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) Articles 32 to 345 shall apply until 31 December 2025.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)
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