5 Amendments of Bernd LANGE related to 2021/0214(COD)
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 a (new)
Recital 52 a (new)
(52 a) the Commission shall, in its evaluation of the transition period, take into account any results of the Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminium which was launched in the context of the discussion on US tariffs on steel and aluminium and whose aim is to develop measures to reduce CO2 in a global context
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. Practices of circumvention include situations where a change in the pattern of trade in relation to goods included in the scope of this Regulation has insufficient due cause or economic justification other than avoiding obligations as laid down in this Regulation and consist in replacing those goods with slightly modified products, which are not included in the list of goods in Annex I but belong to a sector included in the scope of this Regulation. Circumvention practices are any measures that have the objective of avoiding the obligations laid down in this Regulation in order to pretend lower total amount of the CO2 emissions. This concerns in particular deliberate changes in the trade flows of goods or importation via third countries, slightly modified products, misleading information about the manufacturer or the manufacturing process, restructuring of distribution structures or merely final assembly of the goods in the EU or a third country. The Commission is to use existing European legal order when defining the circumvention offences. In particular the Union Customs Code, Article 60(2) and Article 59, and the 2015 Implementing Act, Article 33;
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5
Article 27 – paragraph 5
5. Where the Commission, taking into account the relevant data, reports and statistics, including when provided by the customs authorities of Member States, has sufficient reasons to believe that the circumstances referred to in paragraph 3 are occurring in one or more Member States, it is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 28 to supplement the scope of this Regulation in order to include slightly modified productsall the facts listed in paragraph 2 for anti-circumvention purposes.
Amendment 486 #
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 proposalIn accordance with the Article 36 paragraph 3(d) there shall be no automatic entry into force of the relevant parts of this Regulation after the transitional period. The Commission therefore attaches to its report a legislative proposal on the final entry into force of these parts. The Council and the European Parliament decide.
Amendment 523 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) Articles 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 31 shall apply from 1 January 2026, in accordance with Article 30 paragraph 3, only after a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council following a separate legislative proposal from the Commission.