23 Amendments of Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ related to 2020/2043(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that a carbon border taxadjustment mechanism has long been a candidate for a genuine and green source of own revenue for the EU budget and was among the ‘basket’ of preferred options for new own resources taken up in Parliament’s legislative resolution of 16 September1 ; _________________ 1Texts adopted, P9_TA- PROV(2020)0220.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
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), and taking into account the Effort-Sharing Regulation if necessary, 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;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the primary purpose of the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) must be to protect the climate, to enable internationally effective carbon pricing schemes, to mitigate the carbon leakage dilemma in the context of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) 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;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges that the introduction of the CBAM might lead to the progressive phase out of free allocation of allowances, since the mechanism would ensure that EU producers and foreign importers face the same carbon costs in the EU market; calls for the CBAM design to include a partial reimbursement of EU Allowances for exports in order to ensure a level playing field for EU goods in third markets, thus maintaining a strong incentive to decarbonise while avoiding carbon leakage;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed on the creation of new own resources in the course of the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), including the CBAM, in the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap for the introduction of new own resources (IIA); 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 to first cover a share of the repayment costs of the Next Generation EU instrument, and reducing the share of GNI-based contributions in the financing of the Union's budget, would help to mutualise the budgetary impact of the CBAM in a fair way across all Member States;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Union and its Member States are committed to delivering climate action on the basis of the latest available scientific evidencehave now the objective of achieving climate neutrality at the latest by 2050;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that the CBAM, if used awhen it becomes a basis for an own resource, would according to the IIA, will bring the revenue side of the EU budget into closer alignment with strategic policy objectives such as the European Green Deal, the fight against climate change and the circular economy, and that it would thereby help to generate co- benefits, incentives and EU added value;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights that the CBAM’s design can be fully compatible with World Trade Organization law if it is designed on the basis of the EU ETS and applies to imports embedding materials covered by the EU ETS, and thus avoid retaliation against the EU economy while raising the expected revenues;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the EU should accept that a third country set up a carbon border adjustment mechanism if this country implements a higher carbon price;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is determined to ensure that the CBAM-based own resource constitute universal income and that it be deemed to cover a share of the repayment costs of the Next Generation EU instrument; underlines that any earmarking of CBAM revenues would contravene the IIA, the Own Resources Decision and the Financial Regulation;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas President-elect Joe Biden committed in his electoral platform to "impose carbon adjustment fees or quotas on carbon-intensive goods from countries that are failing to meet their climate and environment obligations"
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is deeply concerned that currently none of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) submitted, including those of the Union and its Member States, are in line with the objective of holding the global temperature increase, as provided by the Paris Agreement, to well below 2°C, while pursuing efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly deplores the non- cooperative and disloyal behaviour of some of the Union’s trade partners in international climate negotiations over the past years, as recently observed at COP25; considers that this behaviour hampers our collective global ability to reach the objectives of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the Commission’s proposal to set the Union’s 2030 climate target to ‘at least 55 % net emissions reduction’ compared to 1990 levels; highlights, however, that this target does not repree European Parliament sent the Union’s highest possible ambition, nor does it reflect the principle of equity and common but differentiated responsibilitiesout a higher 2030 target of 60% emission reductions compared to 1990;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that a CBAM should cover all imports, but that in sectors covered by the EU ETS and avoid distortions in the EU internal market; as a starting point already by 2023 it should cover the power sector and energy-intensive industrial sectors exposed the most to carbon leakage, like cement, steel, chemicals and fertilisers, which continue to receive substantial free allocations, and still represent 94 % of Union industrial emissionstill represent 94 % of Union industrial emissions; in order to avoid carbon leakage, a CBAM should covered imports of commodities and processed products;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that the GHG emissions content of imports concerned should be accounted for on the basis of transparent and reliable product-specific benchmarks representing the global average GHG emissions content of individual productsat the level of the installations in third countries but, by default, if data is not made available by the importer, the global average GHG emissions content of individual products should be accounted for; notes in that perspective that carbon intensity of imported products may be evaluated through their raw materials composition and that this approximation would weigh each basic material covered by the EU ETS and multiply it by its carbon intensity value; stresses that importers should be allowed to individually demonstrate the specific carbon intensity of their product; considers that the carbon pricing of imports should also take into account the country- specific carbon intensity of the electricity grid or if data is made available by the importer the carbon intensity of the energy consumption at the installation level;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that carbon pricing under the CBAM should mirror the dynamic evolution of the price of Union allowances under the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS); is of the opinion that importers should buy allowances from a separate pool of allowances to the EU ETS, whose carbon price corresponds to the carbon price of the day of the transaction in the EU ETS; points out that the introduction of a rising carbon floor priceprice floor under the EU ETS could ensure predictability under the CBAM while also ensuring a stronger price signal within the EU;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that a CBAM is not per se incompatible with WTO rules, and highlights if it is designed with a clear environmental objective; highlights therefore the necessity for any CBAM to be designed with the highest environmental integrity and purpose in mind;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the principle of non- discrimination under GATT Article III; stresses that treating imports and domestic production in the same way is a key criterion for ensuring WTO compatibility of any measure, and that, therefore, all existing measures on carbon leakage under Union law should immediately cease to applybe phased out, in parallel with the implementation of the EU ETS carbon price on imports, as soon as the CBAM enters into force, as this mechanism would apply carbon pricing to imports similar to what is applied to EU installations under the EU ETS; stresses however that this should not lead to double advantages for EU installations;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to address this concern during the upcoming reform of the EU ETS, ensuring the EU ETS delivers, through ambitious and meaningful carbon pricing, on the necessary GHG emissions reduction in line with the updated 2030 Union climate target and the objective of reaching net zero GHG emissions within the Union by 2050 at the latest, fully respecting the polluter pays principle; stresses that export rebates risk creating perverse climate effects, incentivising less efficient production methods for European exporting industries; urges the Commission to refrain from including export rebates in its proposal; is of the opinion that the phasing out of free allowances should be considered with the introduction of export rebates in order to ensure a level-playing field within and outside the EU for European companies; these rebates should be designed to incorporate free allowances in their calculation, based on benchmarks reflecting the most efficient installations, and therefore to maintain GHG reduction incentives for EU exporting companies; export rebates should not lead to any kind of competitive advantages for EU exporting industries in third countries; stresses that the Commission should carry out a proper analysis regarding the WTO-compatibility of export rebates as well as mechanism to avoid market distortions for sectors covered by a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Supports the Commission’s intention to use revenues generated by the CBAM as new own resources for the EU budget, and asks the Commission to ensure full transparency about the use of those revenues; believes these revenues should be earmarked for supporting the just transition and decarbonisation of Europe’s economy, and for stepping up the Union’s contribution to international climate finance in favour of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States, which are most vulnerable to climate changestresses that a part of those revenues should flow back to Least Developed Countries when their exports are covered by a CBAM in the form of a contribution to international climate finance in favour of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States; believes that a significant part of these revenues should be earmarked for supporting the just transition and decarbonisation of Europe’s economy;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Points out that the CBAM, as a part of a broader and more comprehensive EU action against the climate crisis, may benefit from a complementary approach incorporating carbon intensity in EU standards for products placed on the EU market;