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Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism
19.5.2025 A10-0085/16
Amendment 16
Filip Turek, Silvia Sardone, Ondřej Knotek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Mathilde Androuët, Viktória Ferenc, Jana Nagyová, Roberto Vannacci, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0085/2025
Antonio Decaro
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism
(COM(2025)0087 – C10-0035/2025 – 2025/0039(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (1) During the transitional period, which started on 1 October 2023, the Commission has been collecting data and information on the implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (‘CBAM’) as provided for in Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council3 , including through the analysis of quarterly reports submitted by reporting declarants. The information collected and the exchanges with the stakeholders, including as part of the expert group on the CBAM, have outlined possibilities for simplifications and improvement of the CBAM. The Union is committed to ensure a smooth roll-out of the CBAM during the post-transitional period starting on 1 January 2026. | (1) During the transitional period, which started on 1 October 2023, the Commission has been collecting data and information on the implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (‘CBAM’) as provided for in Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council3 , including through the analysis of quarterly reports submitted by reporting declarants. The information collected and the exchanges with the stakeholders, including as part of the expert group on the CBAM, have outlined possibilities for simplifications and improvement of the CBAM. The Union is committed to ensure a smooth roll-out of the CBAM during the post-transitional period that will start when the legislative proposal following the comprehensive review will enter into force. |
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| 3 Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism (OJ L 130, 16.5.2023, p. 52, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/956/oj). | 3 Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism (OJ L 130, 16.5.2023, p. 52, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/956/oj). |
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19.5.2025 A10-0085/17
Amendment 17
Filip Turek, Silvia Sardone, Ondřej Knotek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Mathilde Androuët, Viktória Ferenc, Jana Nagyová, Roberto Vannacci, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0085/2025
Antonio Decaro
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism
(COM(2025)0087 – C10-0035/2025 – 2025/0039(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (1 a) Union industries exporting goods that fall within the scope of the CBAM are not compensated for the high and constantly increasing costs incurred by the EU ETS or protected from possible retaliatory measures imposed by trading partners. In the context of the comprehensive review, the Commission will introduce an export adjustment mechanism, address the issue of circumventing measures, and guarantee that CBAM exporters are protected from third countries' retaliatory measures. |
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19.5.2025 A10-0085/18
Amendment 18
Filip Turek, Silvia Sardone, Ondřej Knotek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Mathilde Androuët, Viktória Ferenc, Jana Nagyová, Roberto Vannacci, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0085/2025
Antonio Decaro
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism
(COM(2025)0087 – C10-0035/2025 – 2025/0039(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (1 b) The Union is the only major region in the world to have introduced a significant price on CO2, but the incentive effect of such a carbon pricing on trading partners has not been clearly demonstrated. The introduction of the CBAM is causing concerns among Union economic actors, particularly the energy-intensive industries already pressured by the Union's excessive environmental legislation. In the context of the comprehensive review, the Commission will remove the phase-out of the free allowances under the EU ETS if a level playing field is not ensured. |
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19.5.2025 A10-0085/19
Amendment 19
Filip Turek, Silvia Sardone, Ondřej Knotek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Mathilde Androuët, Viktória Ferenc, Jana Nagyová, Roberto Vannacci, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0085/2025
Antonio Decaro
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism
(COM(2025)0087 – C10-0035/2025 – 2025/0039(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 c (new)
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (1 c) The CBAM has been introduced to compensate the effect of the EU ETS in order to address carbon leakage. As currently designed, the CBAM will not ensure a level playing field. For those reasons, the Commission will review the EU ETS and the CBAM by the end of 2025 for a potential deletion of these two measures. |
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19.5.2025 A10-0085/20
Amendment 20
Filip Turek, Silvia Sardone, Ondřej Knotek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Mathilde Androuët, Viktória Ferenc, Jana Nagyová, Roberto Vannacci, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0085/2025
Antonio Decaro
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism
(COM(2025)0087 – C10-0035/2025 – 2025/0039(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (3) A new threshold based on cumulative mass per importer per year should be introduced in Regulation (EU) 2023/956, ensuring that more than 99% of emissions are maintained in scope. This is a robust and targeted approach as it accurately reflects the environmental nature of the CBAM by taking into account all imported emissions over a period of time in determining the threshold. It also eliminates the risk of circumvention through the artificial splitting of consignments by a single importer. | (3) A new threshold based on cumulative mass per importer per year should be introduced in Regulation (EU) 2023/956, ensuring that 98% of emissions are maintained in scope. This is a robust and targeted approach as it accurately reflects the environmental nature of the CBAM by taking into account all imported emissions over a period of time in determining the threshold. It also eliminates the risk of circumvention through the artificial splitting of consignments by a single importer. |
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19.5.2025 A10-0085/21
Amendment 21
Filip Turek, Silvia Sardone, Ondřej Knotek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Mathilde Androuët, Viktória Ferenc, Jana Nagyová, Roberto Vannacci, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0085/2025
Antonio Decaro
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism
(COM(2025)0087 – C10-0035/2025 – 2025/0039(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (4) A mass-based threshold reflecting the average emissions intensity of the volume of imported CBAM goods would better translate the climate objective of the CBAM. A single mass-based threshold applying cumulatively to all CBAM goods in the iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers and cement sectors imported by importers during a calendar year is the simplest design for importers, as they will not have to obtain or provide any data additional to those provided in the customs declaration, thereby reducing substantially any CBAM-related administrative burden for these importers. A threshold set at a level of 50 tonnes will exempt the vast majority of importers from obligations under Regulation (EU) 2023/956 while maintaining more than 99% of embedded emissions in the scope of the CBAM. To establish the threshold, a new Annex VII should be introduced. | (4) A mass-based threshold reflecting the average emissions intensity of the volume of imported CBAM goods would better translate the climate objective of the CBAM. A single mass-based threshold applying cumulatively to all CBAM goods in the iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers and cement sectors imported by importers during a calendar year is the simplest design for importers, as they will not have to obtain or provide any data additional to those provided in the customs declaration, thereby reducing substantially any CBAM-related administrative burden for these importers. A threshold set at a level of 110 tonnes will exempt the vast majority of importers from obligations under Regulation (EU) 2023/956 while maintaining 98% of embedded emissions in the scope of the CBAM. To establish the threshold, a new Annex VII should be introduced. |
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19.5.2025 A10-0085/22
Amendment 22
Filip Turek, Silvia Sardone, Ondřej Knotek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Mathilde Androuët, Viktória Ferenc, Jana Nagyová, Roberto Vannacci, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0085/2025
Antonio Decaro
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism
(COM(2025)0087 – C10-0035/2025 – 2025/0039(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (27 a) A safeguard mechanism shall be introduced in order to suspend the application of the CBAM if clear and substantiated evidence demonstrates that its implementation significantly distorts competition or leads to commercial retaliation from third countries or if no viable, sustainable, and low-cost technological alternatives are currently available on the European market. |
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19.5.2025 A10-0085/23
Amendment 23
Filip Turek, Silvia Sardone, Ondřej Knotek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Mathilde Androuët, Viktória Ferenc, Jana Nagyová, Roberto Vannacci, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0085/2025
Antonio Decaro
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism
(COM(2025)0087 – C10-0035/2025 – 2025/0039(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 b (new)
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (27 b) Revenues generated from the application of the CBAM shall not be allocated to the general budget of the Union. Those revenues shall remain under the responsibility of the Member States where they are collected and shall be used exclusively for domestic purposes, in particular to support industries and sectors most affected by the Union's environmental policies. |
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19.5.2025 A10-0085/24
Amendment 24
Filip Turek, Silvia Sardone, Ondřej Knotek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Mathilde Androuët, Viktória Ferenc, Jana Nagyová, Roberto Vannacci, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0085/2025
Antonio Decaro
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism
(COM(2025)0087 – C10-0035/2025 – 2025/0039(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2023/956
Article 2 – paragraph 3a– subparagraph 2
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| The threshold laid down in point 1 of Annex VII shall ensure that at least 99% of the emissions embedded in the imported goods and processed products pursuant to Article 2(1) and (2) are not covered by the derogation referred to in the first subparagraph. | The threshold laid down in point 1 of Annex VII shall ensure that 98% of the emissions embedded in the imported goods and processed products pursuant to Article 2(1) and (2) are not covered by the derogation referred to in the first subparagraph. |
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19.5.2025 A10-0085/25
Amendment 25
Filip Turek, Silvia Sardone, Ondřej Knotek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Mathilde Androuët, Viktória Ferenc, Jana Nagyová, Roberto Vannacci, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0085/2025
Antonio Decaro
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism
(COM(2025)0087 – C10-0035/2025 – 2025/0039(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 24 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2023/956
Article 32 a (new)
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (24 a) the following article is inserted: | |
| 'Article 32a | |
| The Commission shall suspend the application of this Regulation in the following cases: | |
| (a) where clear and substantiated evidence demonstrates that its implementation significantly distorts competition or leads to retaliation from third countries;or | |
| (b) where no viable, sustainable, and low-cost technological alternatives are currently available on the Union market.' |
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