14 Amendments of Marco CAMPOMENOSI related to 2020/2043(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. whereas, as stated in the TFEU, environmental affairs are a shared competence with Member States;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. whereas the European Union in 2017 was the first net importer of CO2 emissions worldwide;
Amendment 7 #
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;, taking into account that the latest EU’s ambitious policies in the climate field seem to set unattainable objectives which might damage the EU competitiveness overall
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that the CBAM should be formulated as a valuable instrument to protect from unfair competition and counterbalance the higher production costs that the EU Green Deal will evoke to EU companies; in this regard, highlights the need to ensure the level playing field for EU companies, as the standards imposed in the EU Green Deal are not equally ambitious in third countries, which has further increased the phenomenon of delocalisation aggravating the problem of ‘‘carbon leakage’’;
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 45 #
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, avoiding any arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between countries where the same conditions prevail with regards of countries which environmental standards might be lower and its rationale should be competitiveness as well as an environmental one – reducing global CO2 emissions and preventing carbon leakage;
Amendment 50 #
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; while protecting the competitiveness of the EU industrial sectors in Europe and worldwide;
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;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for thorough objective, independent and periodic 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 retaliations;
Amendment 70 #
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 and stakeholders to build coalitions and avoid any possible retaliations;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that many carbon- and trade- intensive industrial sectors could potentially be impacted by the CBAM, either directly or indirectly, and that it could influence supply chains; stresses that any CBAM should be easy to administer and not place an undue burden on enterprises, especially small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs)., that need a stable and predictable policy and legislative framework in order to make the necessary investments, especially on national custom authorities and the implementation of the Union Customs Code, trying to balance between the complexity and efficiency of the instrument;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. In this regard, recalls that the CBAM should comprise a complex and detailed method to calculate objectively the amount of carbon in the products included in its scope; for this purpose a strong system of the effective rules of origin (RoOs) is needed in order to avoid and reduce additional administrative and bureaucratic obstacles for companies, especially for the SMEs;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights that one of the purposes of the CBAM should be to spur the reshoring of EU manufacturing activities, especially in the context of the Covid19 crisis, considering the fact that the pandemic has further shown the risks of depending on third countries’ economies and non-EU sources;