Activities of Frances FITZGERALD related to 2021/0214(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism
Amendments (10)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) While the objective of the CBAM is to prevent the risk of carbon leakage, this Regulation would also encourage the use of more GHG emissions-efficient technologies by producers from third countries, so that less emissions per unit of output are generated. The Union is also committed to providing third countries, particularly least developed countries, with support for the adoption of carbon pricing mechanisms similar to the EU ETS, the deployment of decarbonisation technologies, and the implementation of other measures aimed at achieving climate neutrality.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) The Commission should engage with the least developed countries with the aim of supporting the rapid decarbonisation of their manufacturing industries, including through climate spending from relevant programmes in the Union budget, in order to reduce the number of the CBAM certificates to be surrendered by declarants in the least developed countries, while ensuring sustainable growth.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) As an instrument to prevent carbon leakage and reduce GHG emissions the CBAM should ensure that imported products are subject to a regulatory system that applies carbon costs equivalent to the ones that otherwise would have been borne under the EU ETS. The CBAM is a climate measure which should prevent the risk of carbon leakage and support the Union’s increased ambition on climate mitigation, while ensuring WTO compatibility. . Given that the Union benefits from an open and rule-based international trade system, the CBAM should be fully compatible with the Union's international commitments, particularly in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the rules of the World Trade Organisation.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) The Commission should evaluate the application of this Regulation before the end of the transitional period and report to the European Parliament and the Council. The report of the Commission should in particular focus on possibilities to enhance climate actions towards the objective of a climate neutral Union by 2050. It should also evaluate the potential impact of this Regulation on Least Developed Countries and how it can assist in the accelerating the decarbonisation process in those countries. The Commission should, as part of that evaluation, initiate collection of information necessary to possibly extend the scope to indirect emissions, as well as to other goods and services at risk of carbon leakage, and to develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on the environmental footprint methods47 . _________________ 47 Commission Recommendation 2013/179/EU of 9 April 2013 on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations (OJ L 124, 4.5.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55 a (new)
Recital 55 a (new)
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57 a (new)
Recital 57 a (new)
(57 a) The Commission should regularly monitor any changes in trade flows from Least Developed Countries attributable to the CBAM in order to evaluate the efficiency of this Regulation, including its contribution to the prevention of carbon leakage and its impact on trade flows between the Union and Least Developed Countries. The Commission should also regularly monitor the technical assistance provided to Least Developed Countries in order to evaluate its effectiveness in contributing to the decarbonisation process in these countries.
Amendment 44 #
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 from the Union and contribute to the reduction of global carbon emissions.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a (new)
Amendment 53 #
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 products for anti-circumvention purposes. When doing so, the Commission shall duly take into account the Union's international commitments, in particular those in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the relevant WTO agreements.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission shall regularly monitor any changes in trade flows from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) attributable to the CBAM with regard to any product covered under this Regulation, in order to evaluate the impact of this Regulation on the LDCs and the impact of trade flows between the Union and the LDCs. The Commission shall also regularly monitor the technical assistance provided to the LDCs in order to evaluate its effectiveness in contributing to the decarbonisation process in those countries.