14 Amendments of Catherine CHABAUD 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.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) The free allocation no longer provided to the CBAM sectors based on this calculation (CBAM demand) must be auctioned and the revenues will accrue to the Innovation Fund rebranded as a Net- Zero Fund, so as to support inter alia innovation in low carbon technologies, and in upscaling relevant technologies in a way that contributes to mitigating climate change consistently with the objectives set out by Regulation (EU)2021/1119. Special attention should be given to projects in CBAM sectors. To respect the proportion of the free allocation available for the non-CBAM sectors, the final amount to deduct from the free allocation and to be auctioned should be calculated based on the proportion that the CBAM demand represents in respect of the free allocation needs of all sectors receiving free allocation.
Amendment 508 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54 a (new)
Recital 54 a (new)
(54a) The Commission should actively pursue the establishment of an international “Carbon club” for ensuring continuous exchange in good faith with the Union’s trade partners. This should be an open non-exclusive international forum, which could be located under an appropriate multilateral organisation such as the WTO or the relevant and open body of the OECD for instance. Its objective should be to allow for the comparison and coordination of carbon pricing measures as well as non-carbon pricing measures with an impact on emission reduction. The Carbon club should also support the comparability of climate measures by ensuring the quality of climate monitoring, reporting and verification among its members. Membership of the club should be informal, open and on a voluntary basis for countries aiming at high climate ambition in line with the Paris Agreement. Given that the CBAM is a first-of-a-kind measure, which is meant to be a cooperative tool designed to fight carbon leakage, such a Carbon club will provide the means for engagement and transparency between the and its trade partners.
Amendment 573 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The CBAM helps meet Union objectives and international commitments, including in particular those under the Paris Agreement and the WTO.
Amendment 575 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to goods as listed in Annex I, originating in a third country, when those goods, or processed products from those goods as resulting from the inward processing procedure referred to in Article 256 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council53 , are imported into the customs territory of the Union. This Regulation also applies to downstream products that include goods listed in Annex I above a minimum threshold, subject to paragraph 2a of this Article, __________________ 53Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 581 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall by 31 July 2024 adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 28 to establish a methodology for identifying downstream products covered by this Regulation, including establishing a minimum threshold for the amount of the concerned goods in the product.
Amendment 672 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28 a (new)
(28a) ‘downstream products' means products manufactured by using goods listed in Annex I .
Amendment 962 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24a Engagement with Least Developed Countries The Union shall enhance its support to least developed countries’ efforts toward decarbonisation of their industries impacted by the CBAM by reinforcing climate spending through the relevant instruments in the Union budget. The financial support shall be additional and shall be equivalent in financial value to the revenues generated by the sale of CBAM certificates stemming from least developed countries , and shall not be a simple reallocation of existing budgetary lines.
Amendment 1208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. An installation covered by Directive 2003/87/EC belonging to the 10% most efficient installations as laid down in Article 10a of that Directive shall, upon request, receive an amount of free allocations corresponding to the emissions resulting from the quantity of goods it exports which are covered by this Regulation, taking into account the emissions embedded in a similar product in the third country pursuant to Articles 7, 8 and 9 of this Regulation. The rules for transitional free allocation under Articles 10a and 10b of Directive 2003/87/EC shall apply to the allocation.
Amendment 1214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The Commission shall adopt before the end of the transition period a delegated act in accordance with Article 28 that establishes the arrangements for granting free allowances to the exported part of the production of an installations covered by this Regulation, in particular the methodology for the calculation of the average embedded carbon content of the corresponding sector within a third country. The average embedded carbon content of a third country sector shall be taken into account when establishing the amount of free allocations to be granted to the emissions resulting from the quantity of goods exported by an EU installation as referred in paragraph(2a) of this Article.