2 Amendments of Gabriel MATO related to 2020/2043(INI)
Amendment 49 #
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, and that therefore, the CBAM should not be seen as an alternative to the existing carbon leakage measures under the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), which are competitiveness measures;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that there are design options that allow the existing carbon leakage measures to co-exist with the mechanism while not leading to double protection; therefore strongly urges the European Commission to develop a scenario in its upcoming impact assessment where existing carbon leakage measures are maintained alongside the mechanism;