8 Amendments of Luděk NIEDERMAYER related to 2020/2043(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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1. Believes that the main aims of the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) should be to support the EU’s green objectives by fighting carbon leakage; and creating a level playing field between domestic and foreign producers, which would promote the competitiveness of companies based in the EU and low- carbon production within the EU.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
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2. Proposes that the CBAM be implemented as an extension of complementary measure to the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS), which would require importers to purchase allowances from a specific virtual pool mirroring the EU carbon price, as long as third countries do not have a cap and trade system comparable to the EU ETS for the volume of carbon emissions incorporated in their products; notes that the mechanism should ensure a single carbon price, both for domestic producers and importers;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
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3. Urges that the proposed CBAM apply to all imports in order to avoid distortion in the internal marketConsiders that a CBAM should cover all imports, but that as a starting point already by 2023 it should cover the power sector and energy-intensive industrial sectors like cement, steel, chemicals and fertilisers, which still represent 94% of Union industrial emissions;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
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4. Recommends that a design be introduced that measures the carbon content of imports through their basic materials composition (as outlined in the proposal from the European Economic and Social Committee); recalls that this feasible approximation would weigh each basic material covered by the EU ETS and multiply it by its carbon intensity value – which ideally should be defined at country level; stresses, however, that importers who are more carbon efficient should be allowed to demonstrate the specific carbon intensity of their products;producer level, which will reward firms by its carbon efficiency; whereas, should this not be feasible, the country level with possible adjustment for different levels of carbon efficiency should be used.
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
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5. Requests that the implementation of the CBAM should lead to the progressive phasing out of the free allocation of allowances, following an appropriate transition period, since the mechanism ensures that EU producers and importers would have to deal with the same carbon costs in the EU market; notes that this phasing out should be coupled in parallel with the introduction of export rebates in order to maintain strong decarbonisation incentives, while ensuringese measures do not ensure a level playing field for EU exporters; asks European Commission to propose a set of measures, which will ensure strong incentives for decarbonisation outside and within the EU, to provide a level playing field for EU exports;.
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
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6. Stresses that importers from third countries should not pay twice for the carbon content embodied in its products; asks European Commission to carry out risk assessment and propose ways to mitigate it.
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
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7. Calls for the inclusion of CBAM revenues into the EU budget; being an environmental measure, the CBAM revenues could be used to co-finance projects that foster technological and energetic transition as well as research on low-carbon projects and further projects in line with the Union`s environmental ambitions;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
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8. Believes that the above proposal ishould be compatible with the World Trade Organization rules, since it doeshould not discriminate between producers, isand be based on objective criteria and hasve a clear environmental objective.