2 Amendments of Herbert DORFMANN related to 2021/0214(COD)
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) However, the problem of carbon leakage has to be seen in a broader context of the cumulative impact of the Union's growing environmental ambitions, as expressed, inter alia, in the Green Deal component strategies, on the competitiveness of the Union economy as a whole. The disparity in production standards and requirements between the Union and its external trading partners is evident not only in the sectors covered by the EU ETC scheme, but also, inter alia, in agriculture. Therefore, a two-pronged approach is needed: the combat against carbon leakage through CBAM should be combined with the creation of additional favourable conditions for investment and production within the Union, including by way of financial incentives for innovation, for production of bio-fertilizers and soil improvers from agricultural biomass and digestates from biogas, the removal of administrative barriers and the reduction of compliance costs, especially for SMEs and the agricultural sector. New resources for this purpose should be settled.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37 a (new)
Recital 37 a (new)
(37a) The Union’s agricultural sector is one of the most productive and advanced in the world in terms of its commitment to climate and environmental protection. However, one of the main challenges it will face once the Union's Green Deal strategies are developed is climate dumping from countries that make slow progress in adopting their greener agricultures. Therefore, the scope of the CBAM should be extended to agricultural products without undue delay, provided that this is done following a comprehensive impact assessment and a broad cross-sectoral consultation, and is compatible with the Union tariff system. The inclusion of agricultural products in the scope of the CBAM is all the more important as the agricultural sector will be both directly and indirectly affected by the inclusion of other products, notably fertilisers, steel and aluminium. The Commission is committed to continuously monitoring the stability of the Union internal market, including agricultural markets in particular, and to taking strong remedial actions, including through promotion of investments for alternatives to those products listed in this regulation, particularly fertilisers, financial compensation, not financed through CAP funds to farmers, if the profitability and viability of agricultural production is seriously affected by the implementation of the new mechanism.