9 Amendments of Danuta Maria HÜBNER related to 2020/2043(INI)
Amendment 7 #
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;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
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2. Proposes that the CBAM be implemented as an extension of complementary measure to the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS), which would require importers to purchase allowances from a specific virtual pool mirroring the EU carbon price, as long as third countries do not have a cap and trade system comparable to the EU ETS 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 45 #
Draft opinion
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3. Urges that the proposed CBAM apply to all imports in order to avoid distortion in the internal marketConsiders that a CBAM should eventually cover all imports; but that as a starting point it should cover for example energy-intensive industrial sectors like cement, steel, chemicals and fertilisers;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
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3. Notes that to be fully compatible with WTO rules, CBAM should comply with all GATT provisions, including the key principles of most -favoured nation, national treatment and bound tariffs; notes that the general exception clause of Article XX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) shcould also be the basis for any CBAM design andif its only rationale should beis strictly an environmental one – reducing global CO2 emissions and preventing carbon leakage;
Amendment 66 #
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 countryproducer level; stresses, however, that importers who are more carbon efficient should be allowed to demonstrate the specific carbon intensity of their products;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
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4. Calls for thorough impact assessments analysing a combination of key variables, including sectors, countries and types of emissions included in CBAM, and relationship to existing carbon leakage measures, and for the utmost transparency of the process leading to the CBAM, as well as engagement with the EU’s trading partners to build coalitions and avoid any possible retaliations;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Requests that the implementation ofUntil at least 2030, the CBAM framework should be an additional measure to the existing carbon leakage measures under the EU ETS; if after 2030 global markets for carbon lean products are put in place, the CBAM shcould lead to the progressivegradual phasing out of the free allocation of allowances, following an appropriate transition period, since the mechanism; the mechanism intends to ensures that EU producers and importers would have to deal with the samesimilar 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;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the inclusion of CBAM revenues into the EU budgetonsiders that the CBAM being an environmental measure, the revenues could be used to co-finance projects that foster technological and energetic transition as well as research on low- carbon projects and further projects in line with the Union`s environmental ambitions;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that many carbon- and trade- intensive industrial sectors could potentially be impacted by the CBAM, either directly or indirectly, and that iterefore should be consulted on all aspects of CBAM, that CBAM could influence supply chains; stresses that any CBAM should be easy to administer and not place an undue burden on enterprises, especially small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs).