5 Amendments of Emmanouil FRAGKOS related to 2020/2043(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that a purpose-built trade policy can be an important driver in steering economies towards decarbonisation in order to achieve the climate objectives set in the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal; emphasises the importance of internationally harmonised product labelling and of consumer values in this connection;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that a purpose-built trade policy can be an important driver in steering economies towards decarbonisation in order to achieve the climate objectives set in the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal without job losses;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Warns against a build-up of bureaucracy; calls for the toning-down of measures that are driving European companies from the EU, as part of a strategy for the promotion of European environmental protection concerns at international level;
Amendment 30 #
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 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 climatean effective means of achieving all European objectives;
Amendment 52 #
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 only rationale should be an environmental one –: reducing global CO2 emissions and preventing carbon leakage as a priority;