8 Amendments of Eero HEINÄLUOMA related to 2020/2043(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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2. Acknowledges that the primary purpose of the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) must be to enable internationally effective carbon pricing schemes, to mitigate the leakage dilemma in the context of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), to increase demand for low carbon products and processes and to prevent distortions to competition and trade; stresses that the CBAM will help the EU to meet its climate targets while keeping a level playing field in international trade, with the aim of galvanising the rest of the world into taking climate action in line with Paris Agreement; believes that the ultimate aim should be to encourage innovation and investments into greener technologies globally and to work towards a global climate policy with a global carbon price;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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1. Believes that the main aim of the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) should be to support the EU’s green objectives by fighting carbon leakagaddressing carbon leakage, increasing demand for low carbon processes and products and reducing the carbon content of products; believes that an ultimate aim should be to work towards a global climate policy with a global carbon price;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
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3. SUrges that the proposed CBAM be based on a thorough impact assessment, which assesses the impact of different options also at sector level; believes that the CBAM should be applied gradually, first applying to select products related to carbon leakage sectors; believes that the mechanism should be designed in a way that does not impact international trade negatively and is compatible with World Trade Organization rules; stresses that dedicating the financial flows resulting from the CBAM to the EU budget would help to mitigate issues of fiscal equivalence and ensure a fairly distributed impact across Member States, as well as ensuring a lean structure with minimal administrative overheads; concludes, therefore, that defining the proceeds as an EU own resource, and decreasing GNI- based contributions accordingly, would help to mutualise the impact of the CBAM in a fair way across all Member States;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
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2. Proposes that the CBAM be implemented as an extension of the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS) through the creation of a dedicated pool of allowances for imports, which would require importers to purchase allowances 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 46 #
Draft opinion
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3. Urges that the proposed CBAM apply to all imports in order tobe based on a thorough impact assessment, which assesses the impact of different options also at sector level; believes that the CBAM should be applied gradually, first applying to select products related to carbon leakage sectors; urges that the proposed CBAM avoid distortion in the internal market;
Amendment 62 #
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, so as to encourage innovation and investments into greener technologies globally;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
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7. Calls for the inclusion of CBAM revenues into the EU budget; believes that such revenues should only fund climate related objectives;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
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8. Believes that the above proposalmechanism should be designed in a way that does not impact international trade negatively and is compatible with World Trade Organization rules, since it does not discriminateing between producers, is based on objective criteria and has a clear environmental objective.