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Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund
10.9.2026 A10-0202/88
Amendment 88
Stanisław Tyszka, Marcin Sypniewski, Volker Schnurrbusch, Marc Jongen
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A10-0202/2026
Pascal Canfin
Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund
(COM(2025)0990 – C10-0353/2025 – 2025/0418(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
| Commission proposal | Modification |
| (3a) It should be emphasised that the Fund does not remedy market failure. It offsets – in part and for a limited period – costs that the Union imposes on its own producers and which their competitors outside the Union do not have to bear. In 2024, the Union was responsible for 5.95 % of global greenhouse gas emissions. A compensation mechanism of this kind should therefore be simple, proportionate to the costs demonstrably incurred and strictly limited in time. Any additional conditions attached to the funding reduces the proportion of revenue that benefits the cost-bearing companies and increases the fund’s administrative burden, without reducing the underlying regulatory carbon costs borne by these companies. |
Or. de
Justification
The ESN Group opposes the establishment of the Fund. This amendment does not alter this position. Should the Fund nevertheless be adopted, its role should be limited to temporarily and proportionately offsetting the costs imposed on the Union’s industry by Union law, rather than steering investment through additional requirements.
10.9.2026 A10-0202/89
Amendment 89
Anja Arndt, Marc Jongen, Volker Schnurrbusch, Marcin Sypniewski
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A10-0202/2026
Pascal Canfin
Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund
(COM(2025)0990 – C10-0353/2025 – 2025/0418(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
| Commission proposal | Modification |
| (2) Those contributions shall correspond to 25% of the revenues that each Member State has collected from the sale of CBAM certificates pursuant to Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 in relation to embedded emissions declared for 2026 and 2027. | (2) Those contributions shall correspond to 11 % of the revenues that each Member State has collected from the sale of CBAM certificates pursuant to Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 in relation to embedded emissions declared for 2026 and 2027. |
Or. de
Justification
According to the European Court of Auditors, the proposed funding significantly exceeds the expected financial requirements. A contribution rate of 11 % is more closely aligned with the estimated expenditure requirement of 10.5 % and therefore leaves Member States with additional financial leeway.
10.9.2026 A10-0202/90
Amendment 90
Anja Arndt, Marc Jongen, Volker Schnurrbusch, Marcin Sypniewski
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A10-0202/2026
Pascal Canfin
Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund
(COM(2025)0990 – C10-0353/2025 – 2025/0418(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
| Commission proposal | Modification |
| (3) Each Member State shall communicate to the Commission the exact annual amounts to contribute to the Fund for the years 2026 and 2027 respectively by 31 December 2027 and 31 December 2028. Member States shall transfer to the Fund a monetary amount that corresponds to the amount referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article respectively by 31 March 2028 and 31 March 2029. The amounts contributed shall be assigned revenue to the Fund in accordance with Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. By way of derogation from that provision, the amounts contributed shall constitute external assigned revenue. | (3) Each Member State shall communicate to the Commission the exact annual amounts to contribute to the Fund for the years 2026 and 2027 respectively by 31 December 2027 and 31 December 2028. Member States shall transfer to the Fund monetary amounts that correspond to the amounts referred to in paragraph 2 for both years by 31 March 2029. The amounts contributed shall be assigned revenue to the Fund in accordance with Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. By way of derogation from that provision, the amounts contributed shall constitute external assigned revenue. |
Or. de
Justification
As the payment of the grant is not due until 2029, the transfer for both years is not due to take place until 2029. This ensures that the funds are not sitting unused at the Commission for more than a year. This is in line with the recommendation of the European Court of Auditors.
10.9.2026 A10-0202/91
Amendment 91
Anja Arndt, Marc Jongen, Volker Schnurrbusch
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A10-0202/2026
Pascal Canfin
Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund
(COM(2025)0990 – C10-0353/2025 – 2025/0418(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
| Commission proposal | Modification |
| (4) Revenues remaining after the full disbursement of funding to final beneficiaries and payment of administrative costs of the Fund shall not be automatically carried over to be used by the Fund. By derogation from Article 12(4), point (c), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Commission shall return the excess revenues to the Member States in proportion to their financial contribution to the Fund. | (4) Revenues remaining after the full disbursement of funding to final beneficiaries and payment of administrative costs of the Fund shall not be automatically carried over to be used by the Fund. By derogation from Article 12(4), point (c), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Commission shall reimburse the Member States for any revenue remaining after all authorised financial support has been paid out and the administrative costs have been finally settled, in proportion to their financial contribution to the Fund. The reimbursement shall be made no later than three months after the completion of this settlement and, in any event, by 31 March 2030. |
Or. de
Justification
The Commission’s proposal does not specify a deadline for the repayment of contributions that are not required. A binding three-month deadline prevents funds from remaining with the Commission without legal basis and without a specific funding requirement.
10.9.2026 A10-0202/92
Amendment 92
Anja Arndt, Marc Jongen, Volker Schnurrbusch
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A10-0202/2026
Pascal Canfin
Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund
(COM(2025)0990 – C10-0353/2025 – 2025/0418(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5
| Commission proposal | Modification |
| (5) The administrative costs incurred by the Commission for the implementation of the Fund shall be covered by the resources mentioned in paragraph 1. | (5) The administrative costs incurred by the Commission for the implementation of the Fund shall be covered by the resources mentioned in paragraph 1. The administrative costs covered by the Fund shall not exceed 2 % of the total resources of the Fund made available in accordance with paragraph 2. |
Or. de
Justification
The temporary fund must not be used to finance any disproportionate new administrative structure. A cap ensures that the contributions predominantly benefit the industry concerned.
10.9.2026 A10-0202/93
Amendment 93
Stanisław Tyszka, Volker Schnurrbusch, Marc Jongen
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A10-0202/2026
Pascal Canfin
Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund
(COM(2025)0990 – C10-0353/2025 – 2025/0418(COD))
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
| Commission proposal | Modification |
| (2a) The interim report referred to in paragraph 2 shall also contain the following information: (a) the CO₂ costs actually borne by Union economic operators producing eligible goods, compared with the costs borne by their competitors in the People’s Republic of China, the United States of America, India, Brazil, the Russian Federation and the Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council, as well as the proportion of those costs offset by the Fund; (b) the administrative expenditure of the Fund and the competent authorities, expressed as a proportion of the amounts paid out to the final beneficiaries; (c) the impact of the CO₂ costs referred to in point (a) and of the financial support granted by the Fund on competitiveness, production, investment and employment in the eligible sectors of the Union. The interim report shall assess whether the Fund has effectively mitigated the competitive disadvantage resulting from the CO₂ costs referred to in point (a) and whether its administrative expenditure is proportionate to the support received by the final beneficiaries. |
Or. de
Justification
The Fund is presented here as a temporary offset for regulatory costs, not as a tool for steering investment. Any review of the Fund should therefore assess whether it mitigates the resulting competitive disadvantage whilst keeping administrative costs proportionate. Making this assessment contingent on additional emissions reductions would contradict this premise.