4 Amendments of Charles GOERENS related to 2021/0214(COD)
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) As the CBAM aims to encourage cleaner production processes, the EU stands ready to work with low and middle- income countries towards theprovide technical and financial assistance to support de- carbonisation of their manufacturing industries. Moreover, the Union should in low income countries and lower middle-income countries. The CBAM revenue will also be used for provision of financial support lessto least developed countries with the necessary technical assistance in order to facilitate their adaptation to the new obligations established by this regulation. , as well as to countries not belonging to this category, but defined by the World Bank as a lower middle-income country and facing particularly important costs related to the CBAM, including compliance costs and costs for investments to bring down relevant emissions towards levels similar to those of competing producers in the Union or in other third countries. In this light, the CBAM should not harm or hinder the socioeconomic progress of least developed coutries.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes a carbon border adjustment mechanism (the ‘CBAM’) for addressing greenhouse gas emissions embedded in the goods referred to in Annex I, upon their importation into the customs territory of the Union, in order to prevent the risk of carbon leakage. It contributes to Union climate action by incentivising and supporting the reduction of emissions in third countries, while not harming or hindering the socioeconomic progress of least developed countries. In this regard, the need for an effective diplomatic language, including with climate vulnerable countries, needs to be taken into account to avoid a shift in significant political energy from other aspects of international climate policy.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a Usage of the revenues from the sale of the CBAM certificates The revenues generated from the sale of the CBAM certificates, or the equivalent in financial value, shall be used to cover costs of administration of the CBAM and climate action in least developed countries, as well as to lower middle- income countries facing particularly important investment needs and compliance costs related to the CBAM and an important lack of resources. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament on how revenue has been used for climate action in third countries without crowding out other development or humanitarian assistance. The support provided in third countries shall be guided by the Sustainable Development Goals and by needs and interests of vulnerable groups, in accordance with the UN’s Agenda 2030 and the poverty reduction and eradication primary objective of the Union’s development policy as well as the goals established in the Global Europe- NDICI regulation, ensuring coherence with the Global Gateway strategy and the upcoming revision of the European Financial Architecture for Development. Gender-sensitivity shall be applied and dialogue with governments and civil society representatives of relevant third countries shall be sought.
Amendment 56 #
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 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, 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 shall also contain an analysis of the financial, environmental and social impact of the CBAM in least developed countries.