4 Amendments of Margarida MARQUES related to 2021/0211(COD)
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28 b (new)
Recital 28 b (new)
(28 b) In accordance with Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053, the Union is legally bound to repay all liabilities incurred by the exceptional and temporary empowerment to borrow funds under Next Generation EU by 31 December 2058 at the latest. Therefore, in order to respect the legally binding Interinstitutional Agreement and its roadmap for the introduction of a basket of new own resources intended to repay the Union’s debt and to align the EU revenue side with the EU political priorities, a share of ETS revenues should accrue to the Union budget to help cover the borrowing costs as enshrined in the [Council Decision 2022/XXXX amending Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 on the system of own resources of the European Union] and prevent substantial decreases in the EU budget that would jeopardize Union programmes in future MFFs.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 44 a (new)
Recital 44 a (new)
(44 a) Underlines the importance of a uniform application of the own resources decision and therefore the ETS Directive should not contain any temporary opt-out clauses, giving Member States the possibility to delay the application of emissions trading, which would fragment and undermine the basis for the ETS- based own resource.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52 a (new)
Recital 52 a (new)
(52 a) In the event of a higher level of carbon price than the initial assumption (EC reference price/assumption of EUR45/ton in 2020 prices), additional allocations should be made available for the Social Climate Fund and be subject to a specific technical adjustment based on carbon-price fluctuation to ensure that the impact of carbon price increases on the most vulnerable is adequately and fairly mitigated;