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Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism
19.5.2025 A10-0085/29
Amendment 29
Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Guillaume Peltier, Nicolas Bay
on behalf of the ECR 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)
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| (1 a) The structural issues threatening the aluminium industry continue to be unadressed making the CBAM an ineffective tool for preventing carbon leakage in the aluminium sector, and creating substantial problems for the European aluminium supply chain — a highly energy-intensive and complex industry that operates as a price-taker in extremely competitive global markets, where Europe relies on imports for more than half of its needs. It is therefore necessary to suspend the implementation of the CBAM final phase and the phasing-out of free allowances for the aluminium sector until solutions are adopted in the future review of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 which fully assess the competitiveness of the aluminium sector. |
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Justification
One can acknowledge the Steel and Metals Action Plan’s efforts to improve CBAM by expanding product scope, addressing exports, and tackling circumvention. However, CBAM will still increase carbon leakage and harm the aluminium value chain, even with these changes. If CBAM is found to undermine competitiveness and decarbonisation, then this regulation should not apply for the aluminium sector and we should return to current carbon leakage protections, including maintaining ETS free allocations and indirect cost compensation at current levels beyond 2030.
19.5.2025 A10-0085/30
Amendment 30
Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Guillaume Peltier, Nicolas Bay
on behalf of the ECR 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) To avoid unfair competitivity for exporters of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/956, ETS free allocations and indirect cost compensation should be maintained at current levels. |
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Justification
The issue of export is crucial for the competitiveness of European companies. Without a mechanism that protects exporters, European production will inevitably become less competitive, as the carbon costs of European industries increase. The CBAM would thus weigh on European exports, which are less CO2-intensive than production in many third countries.
19.5.2025 A10-0085/31
Amendment 31
Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Guillaume Peltier, Nicolas Bay
on behalf of the ECR 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 25 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2023/956
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point b
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| Article 2(2) and Articles 4, 6 to 9, 15 and 19, Articles 21 to 22(1), Article 22(3), Articles 27 and 31 shall apply from 1 January 2026.; | Article 2(2) and Articles 4, 6 to 9, 15 and 19, Articles 21 to 22(1), Article 22(3), Articles 27 and 31 shall apply from 1 January 2026, except for aluminium goods listed in Annex I which need complementary measures to avoid carbon leakages and unfair competitiveness from third countries.; |
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