13 Amendments of Marian-Jean MARINESCU related to 2021/0214(COD)
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The CBAM seeks to replacecomplement these existing 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 whileOnce the CBAM has been implemented and fully demonstrated its effectiveness in equalising CO2 costs between imported and domestic products, free allowances in sectors covered by the CBAM areshould be progressively phased out. The combined and transitional 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 227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Given the unique characteristics of price formation on the Union electricity market, that are not existing in third countries, the mechanism in Article 10a(6) of Directive 2003/87/EC shall remain outside the scope of CBAM until the CBAM can accurately mirror the indirect costs that are actually passed on in electricity prices in Europe.
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) As an instrument to prevent carbon leakage and reduce GHG emissions the CBAM should ensure that imported products are subject to a regulatory system that applies carbon costs equivalent to the ones that otherwise would have been borne under the EU ETS. The CBAM is a climate measure which should prevent the risk of carbon leakage and support the Union’s increased ambition on climate mitigation, while ensuring WTO compatibilityprimarily objective should be to lower global emissions by preventing carbon leakage while effectively equalizing CO2 costs between EU and non-EU suppliers and ensuring a full level playing field on carbon.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) As an instrument to prevent carbon leakage and reduce GHG emissions the CBAM should ensure that imported products are subject to a regulatory system that applies carbon costs equivalent to the ones that otherwise would have been borne under the EU ETS resulting in an equalisation of carbon costs between imported domestic products. The CBAM is a climate measure which should prevent the risk of carbon leakage and support the Union’s increased ambition on climate mitigation, while ensuring WTO compatibility.
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The GHG emissions to be regulated by the CBAM should correspond to those GHG emissions covered by Annex I to the EU ETS in Directive 2003/87/EC, namely carbon dioxide (‘CO2’) as well as, where relevant, nitrous oxide (‘N2O’) and perfluorocarbons (‘PFCs’). The CBAM should initially apply to direct emissions of those GHG from the production of goods up to the time of import into the customs territory of the Union, and after the end of a transition period and upon further assessment, as well to indirect emissions, mirroring the scope of the EU ETS. Including indirect emissions and pricing them in the CBAM should be done only once the mismatch between indirect carbon costs and indirect carbon emissions has been reduced to a minimum, as the European electricity grid decarbonises.
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Notes that a free allowance is not a subsidy under the WTO SCM Agreement (Subsidies Agreement). With regards to exports, free allowances would not constitute a prohibited subsidy under the same agreement.
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) The Commission should evaluate the application of this Regulation before the end of the transitional period and report to the European Parliament and the Council. The report of the Commission should in particular focus on possibilities to enhance climate actions towards the objective of a climate neutral Union by 2050. The Commission should, as part of that evaluation, initiate collection of information necessary to possibly extend the scope to indirect emissions, as well as to other goods and services at risk of carbon leakage, and to develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on the environmental footprint methods47 . With regard to indirect emissions, the evaluation should take into account the exposure of Union producers to carbon costs passed on in electricity prices due to the functioning of the EU electricity market. __________________ 47Commission Recommendation 2013/179/EU of 9 April 2013 on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations (OJ L 124, 4.5.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 664 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28 a (new)
(28a) ‘indirect emissions costs’ mean EUA costs passed on in electricity prices. These are not an indication of the physical indirect emissions in the production.
Amendment 833 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The information in the database referred to in paragraph 2 shall be confidentialavailable to the public, unless it is deemed as business confidential. Information equivalent to the one made publicly available for EU producers under the EU ETS central database shall be made public.
Amendment 1135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Before the end of the transitional period, t2. The start of removal of free allowances in ETS should be planned once the CBAM has been proven to be effective and successfully implemented. The Commission shall present by 2023 a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation. The report shall contain, in particular, the assessment of the impact on competitiveness of the EU downstream industry, 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, 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.
Amendment 1158 #
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 proposalA legislative proposal shall be presented once the CBAM has been successfully implemented to prevent distortion of competition in the EU and on global markets, that will occur as an indirect effect from the removal of free allocations of ETS, between products containing goods as listed under Annex I produced in the EU and those produced in third countries. The legislative proposal shall take into account Article 2.5to prevent carbon leakage and be in line with WTO rules.
Amendment 1309 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 6 – paragraph 1
Annex III – point 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 6 – paragraph 2
Annex III – point 6 – paragraph 2