13 Amendments of Roman HAIDER related to 2021/0214(COD)
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) Tackling carbon leakage requires a global action. The European Union must not only lead by example, but also cooperate with its partners to establish a global carbon price or create a climate club with “like-minded partners” as a long-term solution. Thus, the European Union should reinforce its climate diplomacy and open discussion with third countries, which are interested in adopting similar measure to CBAM, in order to harmonise their instruments.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Existing mechanisms to address the risk of carbon leakage in sectors or sub- sectors at risk of carbon leakage are the transitional free allocation of EU ETS allowances and financial measures to compensate for indirect emission costs incurred from GHG emission costs passed on in electricity prices respectively laid down in Articles 10a(6) and 10b of Directive 2003/87/EC. However,The system of free allocation under the EU ETS weakens the price signal that the system provideprovides s an additional price signal via benchmarks for the installations receiving ithem compared to full auctioning and thus affects the incentives for investment into further abatement of emissions in a positive manner.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Existing mechanisms to address the risk of carbon leakage in sectors or sub- sectors at risk of carbon leakage are the transitional free allocation of EU ETS allowances and financial measures to compensate for indirect emission costs incurred from GHG emission costs passed on in electricity prices respectively laid down in Articles 10a(6) and 10b of Directive 2003/87/EC. However, fFree allocation under the EU ETS weakens the price signal that the system provides for the installations receiving it compared to full auctioning and thus affects the incentives for investment into further abatement of emissionsat the level of the benchmark, which safeguards the sector-wide incentive to reduce emissions under the ETS, has proven to be an effective measure to reduce the risk of carbon leakage.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The CBAM seeks to replace these existingwould introduce a new 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, thereby ensuring that carbon emissions on goods consumed and used in the Union are priced equally and that the polluter pays principle applies, regardless of where the emissions have taken place. The combined 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 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to exclude from the CBAM third countries or territories fully integrated into, or linked, to the EU ETS in the event of future agreements, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the list of countries in Annex II. Conversely, those third countries or territories should be excluded from the list in Annex II and be subject to CBAM whereby they do not effectively charge the ETS price on goods exported to the Union. The Commission should continuously monitor this and inform the Parliament and the Council if any change occurs
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) The goods under this Regulation should be selected after a careful analysis of their relevance in terms of cumulated GHG emissions and risk of carbon leakage in the corresponding EU ETS sectors while limiting complexity and administrative burden. In particular, the actual selection should take into account basic materials and basic products covered by the EU ETS with the objective of ensuring that imports of energy intensive products into the Union are on equal footing with EU products in terms of EU ETS carbon pricing, and to mitigate risks of carbon leakage. Other relevant criteria to narrow the selection should be: firstly, relevance of sectors in terms of emissions, namely whether the sector is one of the largest aggregate emitters of GHG emissions; secondly, sector’s exposure to significant risk of carbon leakage, as defined pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC; thirdly, the need to balance broad coverage in terms of GHG emissions while limiting complexity and administrative effort; fourthly, the impact of Covid-19 on global supply chain disruption and the increasing of prices in raw materials and other strategic sectors.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
(58) The Commission should monitor any changes in trade flows attributable to the CBAM, both to assess the efficiency of the measure and to identify practices of circumvention. In order to remedy circumvention of the provisions of this Regulation, the powerCommission should propose to adoapt acts in accordance with Article 290 of TFEU should be delthis Regulation when it is deemed necessary and possible, with regaterd to the Commission in respect of supplementing the list of goods in Annex Iinternational commitments of the Union, such as those under the WTO.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The mechanism willshould, if effective, progressively become an alternative to the mechanisms established under Directive 2003/87/EC to prevent the risk of carbon leakage, notably the allocation of allowances free of charge in accordance with Article 10a of that Directive, without prejudice to the maintenance of EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge until 2030 and only provided that the CBAM has proven to be effective to prevent the risk of carbon leakage both for imports into or exports from the customs territory of the Union.
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Amendment 475 #
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, an in-depthe assessment - developed in close cooperation with the industrial sectors, 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 down stream products using goods covered by this Regulation, as well as an assessment of the governance system. 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. Finally it contains an assessment of extending the scope of this Regulation by including an export adjustment mechanism or the maintenance of free allowances for the EU production destined to the export, in order to ensure a level playing field also for European products that are exported.
Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
3. The report by the Commission shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal. The proposal should consider, inter alia, the option to maintain the allocation of free allowances for EU exports and to allocate a refund for the carbon costs that EU producers incur under the EU Emissions Trading System.
Amendment 505 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the carbon price due in a country of origin for the embedded emissions in the imported goods, which is not subject to an export rebate or other form of compensation on exportation.
Amendment 546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 6
Annex III – point 6