8 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2020/2043(INI)
Amendment 13 #
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 leakage; stresses that the CBAM should come with a 2050 decarbonisation target and required transition plans for the EU industry;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Proposes that the CBAM be implemented as an extension of the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS), which would require importers to purchase allowances for the volume of carbon emissions incorporated in their products; emphasizes that the EU ETS shall accelerate, through a rebasing of the cap and adjustment of the Linear Reduction Factor resulting in ambitious and meaningful carbon pricing, reaching the necessary GHG emissions reduction in line with the updated 2030Union climate target and the objective of net zero GHG emissions within the Union by 2050; notes that the mechanism should ensure a single carbon price, both for domestic producers and importers;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
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3. Urges that the proposed CBAM apply to all importssectors covered by the EU ETS in order to avoid distortion in the internal market; considers that the CBAM may also cover products containing large amounts of these energy-intensive commodities that may be particularly at risk of carbon leakage;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Urges that the proposed CBAM apply to all imports in order to avoid distortion in the internglobal market;
Amendment 59 #
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; furthermore, considers that importers should have the option to prove, in accordance with EU standards for MRV, that the carbon content of their products is lower than the benchmark, and avail of a CBAM price adapted accordingly;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Requests that the implementation of the CBAM should lead to the progressive phasing out of the free allocation of allowances, following an appropriate transition period, since the mechanism ensures that EU producers and importers would have to deal with the same carbon costs in the EU market; notes that this phasing out should be coupled in parallel with the introduction of export rebates in order to maintain strong decarbonisation incentives, while ensuring a level playing field for EU exports, as well as preventing any potential undermining of global climate policies by carbon leakage;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that importers from third countries should be treated on equal footing and without any discrimination and should not pay twice for the carbon content embodied in its products;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the above proposal isIs of the opinion that CBAM mechanism is fully compatible with World Trade Organization rules, since it does not discriminate between producers, is based on objective criteria and has a clear environment or the country of the origin, and it is based on sound and urgent environmental objective that is based on transparent and science- based objective criteria; in addition, calls on the Commission to pursue multilateral WTO reforms that bring international trade law in line with the goals objective.f the Paris Agreement;